Re: [WINEDOCS] add question on Intel MacOS X

[Emmanuel Maillard]

Hi,

The plan for porting Darwine/ppc is to use qemu either Bochs.

Thanks

Emmanuel

Le 21 mars 06 à 06:48, Brian Vincent a écrit :
> Are there any other FAQ additions anyone wants to see?  There's at  
> least one other one I was thinking of adding but have since forgotten.
>
> Changelog:
> Brian Vincent
> Explicitly address Intel Mac OS X.
> Index: en/wine-faq.sgml
>
> RCS file: /cvsroot/wine/docs/en/wine-faq.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.15
> diff -u -u -r1.15 wine-faq.sgml
> --- en/wine-faq.sgml    1 Feb 2006 04:47:04 -0000       1.15
> +++ en/wine-faq.sgml    21 Mar 2006 05:45:34 -0000
> @@ -591,9 +591,12 @@
>          <para>
>            Mac OS X / Darwin: The <ulink
>            url="http://darwine.opendarwin.org/">Darwine</ulink>  
> project is
> -
>      currently working on porting Wine to the Darwin/x86  
>
> platform. Their
> -
>      goal is to eventually make it possible to run x86 Windows
> -
>      currently working on porting Wine to the Darwin/x86  
>
> platform.
> -
>      Their goal is to eventually make it possible to run x86  
>
> Windows
>            applications on Darwin/PPC and then Mac OS X by using  
> Bochs.
> -
>      In addition, CodeWeavers has focused some of their  
>
> resources on
> -
>      Intel Mac OS X as well.  With a little luck, Wine will  
>
> be running on
> -
>      it by the third quarter of 2006.
>    </para>
>    <para>
>      FreeBSD: This port is well maintained and should work with
>
> @@ -606,7 +609,32 @@
>          </para>
>        </answer>
>        </qandaentry>
> -
> -
>  <qandaentry>
> -
>  <question id="Will-wine-run-on-macintel">
> -
>    <para>
> -
>      I want to run Wine on an Intel Mac OS X (MacIntel)  
>
> system, will it
> -
>      work?
> -
>    </para>
> -
>  </question>
> -
>  <answer>
> -
>    <para>
> -
>      (Also see the previous question.)  As of March, 2006,  
>
> simple
> -
>      applications are just beginning to to run on Intel Mac  
>
> OS X.
> -
>      It's possible in about 6 months we'll see applications  
>
> running
> -
>      similarly to how they do on Linux or FreeBSD.
> -
>    </para>
> -
>    <para>
> -
>      There are some complicated issues surrounding Wine on  
>
> Mac OS X.
> -
>      Working with low-level features, such as signal handling  
>
> and system
> -
>      registers, are quite different on Mac OS X.  Further  
>
> hampering
> -
>      the issue are some bugs within the operating system.   
>
> Beyond
> -
>      that, integration on Mac OS X becomes difficult because  
>
> it is
> -
>      vastly different than a traditional *nix desktop.  Menuing
> -
>      and graphics drivers are just two areas that require a  
>
> complete
> -
>      reimplementation in order to be functional.
> -
>    </para>
> -
>  </answer>
> -
>  </qanaentry>
>  <qandaentry>
>  <question id="What-minimum-CPU-must-I-have">
>    <para>