Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] mach2 and linux

Rod McBeath wrote:

>I think I saw on the crossoffice site (www.codeweavers.com) that if enough
>people showed interest, they would consider doing the work. I doubt Art is
>interested doing the porting (again, they offer the tools), but possibly if
>enough interest was shown? I understand that with this software, it is not
>run in a windows emulator, but as native code. Please note, I am NOT a
>programer, so if I get some of the terminology/facts wrong, I'll appreciate
>correcting, but no need to be nasty... :)
>

Well, I am a programmer (my day job), and while I haven't used Crossover
Office, I see they are working mainly with the WINE project, which I
have worked with before. I would have 2 concerns with a port, 3D
graphics drivers and kernel drivers. An application like Mach2 could be
challenging if it uses an unsupported graphics toolkit, and its kernel
driver would have to be reimplimented to work with Linux. With the
support of the developers doing the kernel drivers probably wouldn't be
too bad, but the graphics drivers have the potential to be a lot of work
(on the other hand, they could be quite simple, hard to say without some
evaluation by whomever maintains the code).

CS