Ulrich Weigand wrote:
>
> Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Just thought I'd mention that there seems to be an x86emu (using some
> > X11-compatible license of course) included with XFree86 3.9.x... it's used
>
> Well, I have a working x86 emulator (implementing the complete
> ring-3 protected mode, both 16- and 32-bit), so this shouldn't
> be the problem.
Anyway, there is boochs hanging around since several years... So the emu
availability isn't an issue at all.
>
> The problem is the thunking layer necessary to convert all
> function arguments according to endianness/word-size/etc.
> when entering/leaving the emulator. Plus, of course, the
> various architecture-dependent code and assumptions in the
> Wine core itself :-/
AFAIK, and beside the SCO one, WABI was developed by Sun as a mixed
emulation system, giving better performance that Windows on a full
emulated PC running on their Sparcs. So, maybe is somo info available
from them, as they should already addressed this kinds of troubles.
>
> (I can actually run the emulator on a x86 host processor right
> now, where those conversion issues are non-existant ...)
This is an interesting progress, indeed.
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Saludos
Julio César Gázquez
