[Bug 36664] Unable to run anything with kernel version 3.14 and wine configured as Windows 9x

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36664

--- Comment #4 from Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to oiaohm from comment #3)
> Rosanne DiMesio the reality in the past the 16 bit code was not a issue
> because the kernel always supported it.  In 3.16 and going forwards 16 bit
> code will require a /proc setting changed in kernel.  yes  echo 1 >
> /proc/sys/abi/ldt16 is what you have todo on 3.16 and later to have 16 bit
> mode.  https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/7/508.
> 
> Bruno Jesus yes you are right its a upstream bug.  But upstream is declaring
> it secuirty issue. So its never coming back how we use to use it.

I've added a bit of info for this to the FAQ: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

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