In theory, you are completely correct. Truth is, some of the low level hardware programming requires special windows drivers. Wine tries to simulate those drivers with native Linux calls. Since the request is so closely based to the APIs associated with the application, you might get a greater stir from the programmers, as the user's group focuses more on what does, and doesn't work, to support the wine users in their struggles. -Tres On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Volodymyr Shcherbyna <v_scherbina@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- - Tres.Finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20080222/7479cd18/attachment.htm
