Re: [patch] x86: fix ESP corruption CPU bug

Jakob Eriksson
2005-03-14T15:22:26Z

Andi Kleen wrote:

>Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru> writes:
>
>
>>>Another way of saying the same thing: I absolutely hate seeing
>>>patches that fix some theoretical issue that no Linux apps will ever
>>>care about.
>>>
>>>
>>No, it is not theoretical, but it is mainly
>>about a DOS games and an MS linker, as for
>>me. The things I'd like to get working, but
>>the ones you may not care too much about:)
>>The particular game I want to get working,
>>is "Master of Orion 2" for DOS.
>>
>>
>
>How about you just run it in dosbox instead of dosemu ?
>
>

Yes, that's a solution of course, but it is a bit like saying why
not use Open Office instead of MS Word.

A long term goal of wine is to support DOS apps to. Of course
it's not a priority, but it's there.

regards,
Jakob