[Bug 20521] 16-bit Windows programs crash

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20521

Robert Wm Ruedisueli <ruediix at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #26 from Robert Wm Ruedisueli <ruediix at gmail.com> ---
I know the latest kernel version broke a whole bunch of 16 bit memory
operations on 64bit systems.  This was done sooner or later.   Since 16bit
memory operations done through the kernel are slow anyway, it might be a better
idea to chose another route altogether.   This could improve reliability.

The best option would be to use Virtualization extensions which are available
on almost every 64bit processor out there, and can be far more efficiently
emulated.  There are quite a few libraries and options to abstract this to
eliminate any platform-specific code for our codebase.   This would also give
us access to zero-page space without kernel modification, or overflow security
risks.

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