[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] List: openbsd-ports Subject: emulators/wine From: Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein () fastmail ! com> Date: 2026-10-18 22:08:43 Message-ID: 20261018150843.271e0c06 () babcom6 ! home ! arpa [Download RAW message or body] Hello, In what might the most surprising port proposal of the year, I'm proud to present a new port for wine. This has been a collective effort, after some of the prodding at the %gs/gsbase question (see thread [1]). The gates swung open with Andrii's software solution to the %gs issue - explanation to me: "can't set gsbase, so we are emulating %gs prefix on commands". Overall, the heavy lifting was done by Andrii and Fabien - kudos. Turns out there is a ground-swell with interest in wine [2], different than even 5-10 years ago because a lot of Windows software has since moved to being 64bit. We have since tested several dozens of 64-bit Windows software, mostly successfully. See screenshots at [3][4][5], livestream recordings at [6] for example. Even the Remaster of The Witcher 3 which released just last month runs, and runs well (requires adding in vkd3d-proton; see README; livestream at [7] which looks less fluent than it is due to the on-system recording with ffmpeg). Biggest limitation is that WoW64 doesn't work, so 32bit Windows software is still a no-op. You can check .exe/.dll easily with file(1) - if it says something like "MS-DOS executable PE for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit", then it's 32-bit. The builtin-tests are disabled for now. Enabling them is pretty involved as they need access to the X server and multiple tests still hang, however that was not observed in the real life testing with a good number of games. This is still being worked on. For those who wish to test it, I suggest Notepad++ as a small, fairly straightforward piece of 64-bit Windows software [8]. Note that this is (as always) run-at-your-own-risk software (see [9]). Consider setting up a separate, non-privileged user for this until we can explore if some fencing in, potentially with unveil(2) can be done. Appreciate testing of the port draft and contributions by: brynet@, bentley@, pertho (on irc.libera.chat #openbsd-gaming), vl_ms ok? [1] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=179067466617674&w=2 [2] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=179070170845285&w=2 [3] https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1x4e7fi/some_samples_from_wip_wine_port/ [4] https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1x5yxpu/more_wineonopenbsd_screenshots/ [5] https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1x7z2ry/even_more_wineonopenbsd_proof/ [6] https://video.gamerstavern.online/w/8tjjFRDtGJQZwxfE4ojVoC [7] https://video.gamerstavern.online/w/oZcTRKL5JMiU4M4FqGKcNH [8] https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v8.9.8.1/npp.8.9.8.1.portable.x64.zip [9] https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/FAQ#is-wine-malware-compatible [Attachment #3 (application/x-compressed-tar)] [prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]