From: Boaz Harrosh
Why not compile the all of Wine as PE with a GCC cross-compiler (MinGW), But for the 3 low level DLL's. In effect a ReactOS system and Makefiles (On a Linux kernel). Sure we will maybe want an alternate system for Builtin/Native, maybe different system folders for builtin dlls and executables vs. native. This will surely solve the Above problem.
I hate to be so negative but at the moment this will not work. The reason is simple, there's no 64-bit MinGW (yet?).
Has any one (ReactOS?) tried such a system on Linux?
ReactOS could be cross-compiled, using MinGW, on Linux a few months ago. I assume that's still possible.
(And a philosophical Question: The "Sameness" of 32 bit calling convention (and virtual tables) between PE and lets call it GCC, was that a freak of nature? or is it just that Unix people got there first this time and MS people must be cocky? Or was it the Unix People who got cocky this time? ;-)
I was wondering about that too. I have no idea about the timeline, who was first. It's conceivable that both parties worked on it at around the same time.
G? van Geldorp.