[cw-discuss] bottle in frontame

[Jeremy White]

Hi Tim,

Tim Pearce wrote:
> Jeremy,
> 
> I am intrigued that you say *any* Windows DLL can be copied.
> 
> Does this mean that Windows and Wine completely separate hardware DLLs
> (I am assuming Windows uses DLLs for hardware drivers) from application
> DLLs. Aren't there any 'naughty' DLLs around that talk to hardware direct ?

Sadly, your assumption is wrong.  Device Drivers are not DLL files;
they are, I believe .SYS files.   Long story short, Windows device drivers
are not supported by Wine.

Of course, any properly written application shouldn't depend on device
drivers, but...


Cheers,

Jeremy