Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263101AbUFFInp (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 04:43:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263147AbUFFIno (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 04:43:44 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:11456 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263101AbUFFIn3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 04:43:29 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 09:43:26 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Christoph Hellwig , Mike McCormack , mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WINE + NX (No eXecute) support for x86, 2.6.7-rc2-bk2 Message-ID: <20040606084326.GA6716@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Mike McCormack , mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <40C2B51C.9030203@codeweavers.com> <20040606073241.GA6214@infradead.org> <40C2E045.8090708@codeweavers.com> <20040606081021.GA6463@infradead.org> <40C2E5DC.8000109@codeweavers.com> <20040606083924.GA6664@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040606083924.GA6664@infradead.org> 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: 1225 Lines: 24 On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 09:39:24AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > True, we are relying on undocumented assumptions. On the other hand, > > there's plenty of programs that rely on undocumented assumptions. > > Binary compatability to me means that the same binary will work even > > when the underlying system changes... is there a caveat that I missed? > > And there's plenty of programs that break because of that. Wine is now > one of those. You can either cludge around your brokenness even more or > try to get it fixed. Your choice. And btw, if you'd have read the whole thread you'd have seen that I argued against mergign the randomization and address space layout changes into 2.6, and such changes during stable series are bad. But your still much better of getting your code fixed properly, and thus pretty much means havign your own binary format handler in the kernel that sets up the address space in a windows compatible way. > ---end quoted text--- - 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/