Hi,
Perhaps support for more VGA features can increase compatibility of DOS software on 32-bit hardware. 64-bit users won't be able to run most dos programs as there is no vm86 support when using a 64-bit kernel. In the end we need x86 emulation..
Roderick
Hey, that CGA video support patch today from Peter Dons Tychsen, http://winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/2008-October/063417.html reminded me there's an old downloadable DOS game my wife likes to dig out every now and then. I tried it today and discovered that what's stopping it is support for a VGA feature, so I filed a bug: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15688 There are three other similar bugs, some with patches: http://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?product=Wine&component=dos&long_d... Getting old DOS games working might be pretty easy at this point if, like this game, they just need a little VGA love. Let's encourage newcomers to contribute in this area... it'd be fun to see those classic games running in wine.
I added an entry to http://wiki.winehq.org/SummerOfCode for this, in case nobody does it before summer.
- Dan