Comment by phendrenad2
4 years ago
Has Linux gained syscalls equivalent to those Windows API calls yet? Or is linux too different from the windows kernel to make that happen? (In that case, what does WINE do?)
4 years ago
Has Linux gained syscalls equivalent to those Windows API calls yet? Or is linux too different from the windows kernel to make that happen? (In that case, what does WINE do?)
On linux, fork libc function(s) is(are) a wrapper to clone system call which is more flexible (they added some stuff to make Wine work better):
https://lwn.net/Articles/826313/
Clone is also used to start threads, IIRC:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4856255/the-difference-b...