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Calvin

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I am able to run DNS Benchmark v1 using WineHQ on Apple Silicon M3 using WineHQ and Rosetta 2.

Apple has said future versions of MacOS will not support Intel code and they will depreciate Rosetta 2. Do you have a plan for DNS Benchmark v2 when that day comes?
 
I am able to run DNS Benchmark v1 using WineHQ on Apple Silicon M3 using WineHQ and Rosetta 2.

Apple has said future versions of MacOS will not support Intel code and they will depreciate Rosetta 2. Do you have a plan for DNS Benchmark v2 when that day comes?
That's really up the folks at the WINE project to make that happen, and I believe they are working on it.
 
That's really up the folks at the WINE project to make that happen, and I believe they are working on it.
That makes sense. I guess the issue is Steve using x86 assembly language for development. I'm also seeing that Apple may support Rosetta 2 several years beyond their support for MacOS running on intel processors.
 
Eventually you should be able to use Proton if WINE doesn't work. Valve is the driving force behind Proton's development, and since they have a hardware product that runs off an ARM chip coming next year, support is just around the corner if it hasn't already landed in the public.
 
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@Calvin : You're certainly right to raise the question. I'm pleased that WINE and Rosetta are currently allowing DNSBv2 to run at all on a Mac with an ARM architecture chip. To me, that's an engineering miracle. But I'm hoping to be able to stick with x86, so we'll see.