Windows x64 Binaries Can Now Run On POWER9 Under Linux With Hangover

[lyamc]

Hoping to see something around the RISC-V

You're first going to need some RISC-V CPUs that can compete like POWER can.

[torsionbar28]

Honestly, I would be more interested in seeing MSFT recompile their PPC64LE kernel and see how well their WOW works.

Meh, I haven't played since Mists of Pandaria, the whole Battle Pet thing was kind of lame.

[StarterX4]

Hoping to see something around the RISC-V

[pal666]

Honestly, I would be more interested in seeing MSFT recompile their PPC64LE kernel and see how well their WOW works.

They did it for ARM, they did it for Qualcomm. Why not for POWER?

because i don't care how their wow works

[edwaleni]

Windows isn't built by enthusiasts looking for a challenge, if it doesn't make money then it doesn't matter.

I knew that. No lollypop funding like they got from Motorola and Qualcomm for their respective platforms.

So I guess one way to look at it is to sell it for 10x more. Let SQL run in containers or use the NVidia Volta with NVLink as a compute farm, etc.

I don't think OpenPOWER would be interested because Windows Server is shrinking in the DC.

At this point it is just a thought exercise.

[onlyLinuxLuvUBack]

I have 2 separate POWER9 systems, and I can't understand the utility of this for the life of me.

Now you can run holyc+templeOS and dwarf fortress for windos3 and get your fix.

[angrypie]

They did it for ARM, they did it for Qualcomm. Why not for POWER?

Windows isn't built by enthusiasts looking for a challenge, if it doesn't make money then it doesn't matter.

[edwaleni]

As a technical challenge, this is pretty cool.

As a effective means of getting Windows games onto POWER Linux, why?

As a way to expand the WINE universe, are there enough players in this space?

Honestly, I would be more interested in seeing MSFT recompile their PPC64LE kernel and see how well their WOW works.

They did it for ARM, they did it for Qualcomm. Why not for POWER?

[hiryu]

I bet the whole 6 people this applies to are jumping for joy right now.

I have 2 separate POWER9 systems, and I can't understand the utility of this for the life of me.

[N0va]

how does this work? why is wine needed?

It converts x86 instructions to POWER9 instructions. WINE is needed to translate windows syscalls to Linux ones.