In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Elliott
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Jeremy White wrote:
>Ah, so that explains why I haven't seen this problem then, because I always
>build from source.
likewise
> Hmm, come to think of it, that'd make it kind of hard
>for me to make a wine package usable by anyone else.
>
>Do you happen to know WHY this problem shows up???
see AJ's post
>I don't believe it has
>anything to do with kernel headers, since I am using kernel headers from
>2.4.0testXX (ala RedHat 7.0) even though I am running a customized version
>of 2.2.18pre17 (http://www.thecomputerbuilder.com/~dfe/linux/kernel_RPM/).
>So theoretically I should be hit really hard by the problem if it was the
>headers.
>
well the mods are in include/asm/segment.h I think
and the double whammy is that people loading stock win4lin kernels DON'T
get that updated . So even if they build WINE from source (but not their
kernel) they're scuppered.
Bob
In another context though, it may explain the loadlin/win4lin problem
(since that uses KERNEL_CS, KERNEL_DS which are also mod'd I think?)
>-Dave
>
>P.S. cced this back to the win4lin-beta list as this could be informative
>for people on that list.
>
Thanks - I posted independently to both lists initially
--
robert w hall
