Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263019AbUFFHcp (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 03:32:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263015AbUFFHcp (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 03:32:45 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:41919 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263019AbUFFHco (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 03:32:44 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 08:32:41 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Mike McCormack Cc: mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WINE + NX (No eXecute) support for x86, 2.6.7-rc2-bk2 Message-ID: <20040606073241.GA6214@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Mike McCormack , mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <40C2B51C.9030203@codeweavers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40C2B51C.9030203@codeweavers.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 14 On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 03:09:32PM +0900, Mike McCormack wrote: > Fedore Code 1's exec-shield patch broke Wine badly, as there was no way > for an application to turn it off from user space, and Wine depended > upon certain areas of virtual memory being free. if you have a need for a special virtual memory layout please use your own binary loader as I already suggested earlier in the thread, i.e. binfmt_pecoff. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/