Re: [patch] x86: fix ESP corruption CPU bug

[Jakob Eriksson]

Andi Kleen wrote:

> Stas Sergeev <stsp@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>  
>
> > > Another way of saying the same thing: I absolutely hate seeing
> > > patches that fix some theoretical issue that no Linux apps will ever
> > > care about.
> > >      
> > No, it is not theoretical, but it is mainly
> > about a DOS games and an MS linker, as for
> > me. The things I'd like to get working, but
> > the ones you may not care too much about:)
> > The particular game I want to get working,
> > is "Master of Orion 2" for DOS.
> >    
>
> How about you just run it in dosbox instead of dosemu ?
>  

Yes, that's a solution of course, but it is a bit like saying why
not use Open Office instead of MS Word.

A long term goal of wine is to support DOS apps to. Of course
it's not a priority, but it's there.

regards,
Jakob

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