It's been a while since I looked at the compilation options of the kernel, but there used to be specific support for java applets in the kernel (running a userland jvm, mind you). That was later deprecated by a "MISC" handler, that (I guess) could be configured to run java, and probably also PE.
The idea is that trying to execve a PE file, will find the userland wine program and run it. This would make your effort needless.
Shachar
William Knop wrote:
I'm sure people have asked questions about integrating wine into the linux kernel. Probably got flamed by everybody, yeah? But that's not what I'm posting about. Not directly, anyway. =)
I'm thinking of writing a kernel patch for PE executable support. Is there any reason why wine libraries should not be used in a similar manner as standard linux libraries? Granted wine is more than just it's libraries. Anyway, good idea, bad idea?
And please keep the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" comments to yourself. No progress is made with that mentality.
Will
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