Hello Tres, Yes, agree, there might be Linux equivalents to accomplish the same tasks. But let me pickup the description of winehq from official web-site : "[...] a compatibility layer for running Windows programs [...]". Doesn't that mean, that *all* software should work? -- with best regards, Volodymyr 2008/2/22, A. Tres Finocchiaro <tres.finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Probably the most common response you will get is, there are often freely > available tools that can already do this in Linux. > > I'm interested to see more responses. > > -Tres > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Volodymyr Shcherbyna < > v_scherbina@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, my name is Volodymyr, I am driver developer mostly doing > > stuff for Windows. > > > > I discovered that WineHQ project does not have support for drivers (am I > > wrong?). In other words, quite a big amount of applications will fail to > > function properly, because many of them are using helper device drivers > > to > > get some extended functionality. I can just mention RegMon, FileMon, > > TDIMom, > > and others. > > > > Theoretically, this task is possible to be implemented, but it requires > > quite a lot amount of work, of course. Is there any movements to > > overcome > > this limitation? Have you ever considered to achieve compatibility at > > this > > level? > > > > Basically, I am talking about implementation of analogs of Windows > > Kernel > > and Executive subsystems. On top of them, there might be implemented > > such > > popular subsystems as: > > > > - TDI subsystem (up to Vista) > > - WFP (starting from Vista) > > - Support for FS filters > > - and the rest > > > > Any comments are highly appreciated, > > > > -- > > with best regards, > > Volodymyr > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20080222/f9269789/attachment.htm > > > > > > -- > - Tres.Finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx -- with best regards, Volodymyr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20080222/cec00a1f/attachment.htm
