In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul W. Abrahams
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>robert w hall wrote:
>
>> But at the last I can't see the kernel community feeling able to
>> cooperate with Trelos unless they have a much better idea of what the
>> modules that are hanging on the kernel hooks are trying to do - they'd
>> just be doing unpaid guesswork for a commercial organisation otherwise!
>
>I'm not a kernel maven, but I do seem to remember hearing that the modules
>implement something called "Merge" that's not just peculiar to
>Netraverse.
well as I understand it Merge was originally developed (by Platinum,
founded by Popek of Popek & Goldberg virtual-machine fame, IIRC) for SCO
Unix - code authors include David Peet, John Nunnely I think.
Win4lin is just Merge for Linux & win 9x, but Merge is NOT public domain
- and indeed I think Trelos, and now presumably Netraverse, own the IP,
and are issuing updates, based their work on win4lin.
> I wonder - are there any similarities between the Win4Lin
>add-ons and other optional components already in the kernel?
>
yes the vm86-mode code for DOSEMU - but Trelos already use that I think!
>Paul
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