Subject: Re: port windows CE code onto netbsd
To: Kamal R. Prasad <kamalp@kprasad.org>
From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@netbsd.org>
List: port-arm
Date: 11/03/2004 10:09:18
On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 18:11, Kamal R. Prasad wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a 3rd party hardware connecting to an X scale hw through a usb port.
> The hw comes with winCE static libraries in binary form compiled for ARM.
> [They have src code for the driver to talk to the 3rd party hw which I
> should be able to port to netbsd.] I want to skip using windows CE and
> install netbsd instead on the Xscale hardware. But I am not sure if I
> can somehow(??) run the winCE binaries on netbsd once it has been ported
> to Xscale.
>
> Can someone give me a clue if what Im attempting is feasible and how to
> go about doing it?
I'm not aware that it's been done before. You'd probably want something
akin to 'wine' for ARM. I don't know if anybody is working on such a
thing.
Try poking around on www.winehq.com (enter wince in the search box).
R.