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ÃliÃs TamÃs <et@xxxxxxx> æ 2015å10æ30æææä åéï

Hi.

> So if I have a self signed certificate and import it to Windows's
> Trusted Root CA in the certificate store, I can properly install self
> compiled PV drivers signed by that certificate to that Windows guest.
> Is my understanding correct?
This should be the way, in my understandig too, but unfortunately after
installing the pfx certificates to my windows10 local machine cert
store, the drivers were still not working.

I had to stay with TESTSIGNING to make it work. I wonder what the
problem could be.

>
> I saw a lot mails in this mailing list discussing failure of PV drivers
> working under Windows 10.Â Does it mean the PV drivers are not yet
> stable enough to work under Windows 10?
>
PV drivers are working well, I'm using it on several Windows 10
machines. I just posted a message about how to install them,

The only issue is now that they work only when TESTSIGNING is on.

> Regards
> Terry
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Ben Chalmers <ben.chalmers@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:ben.chalmers@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>Â Â ÂThose statements are correct.
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂThe drivers provided by Citrix XenServer are from the same code base
>Â Â Âas the Xen project PV drivers â but are currently older (and taken
>Â Â Âfrom a point before the drivers were handed over from the XenServer
>Â Â Âproject to the Xen project).Â Those drivers have BSD licensed source
>Â Â Âcode (as do the Xen project drivers) so there shouldnât be a
>Â Â Âconflict (but donât trust me â Iâm not a lawyer and not speaking for
>Â Â ÂCitrix here)
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI would expect the Citrix drivers to work with Xen (but no promises,
>Â Â ÂYMMV!).Â And going forwards (as Citrix PV drivers are increasingly
>Â Â Âbuilt from Xen project rather then the XenServer project code) this
>Â Â Âwill be more and more likely.
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â Â(incidentally, if you have a code signing cert with a chain of trust
>Â Â Âback to a root provider, you can sign any drivers you build â and
>Â Â Âthen install those certificates into Windows â avoiding worrying
>Â Â Âabout needing to turn test signing on.Â Not sure if that helps)
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂBen Chalmers
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>
>Â Â Â*From: *Xen Newbie
>Â Â Â*Sent: *29 October 2015 05:55
>Â Â Â*To: *Xen Windows PV Drivers Development Mailing List
>Â Â Â*Subject: *[win-pv-devel] Signed Windows PV Driver
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI've asked the questions at the Xen users mailing list but nobody
>Â Â Âhas interest to offer me a help.Â If the questions are too basic and
>Â Â Âshould not be raised in this devel mailing list, please forgive me.____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI want to install a signed PV drivers in my HVM windows guest since
>Â Â ÂI learnt from the web that a test signed driver may lead to
>Â Â Âconflicts with some Windows applications.____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI studied a lot from the Xen project pages and Xen mailing list for
>Â Â Âusers and pv driver development. I am confused since some of the
>Â Â Âinformation seems to be out-dated. ____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI consolidated what I learnt so far and would like to seek for help
>Â Â Âto clarify the following conecpts before I make my next move:____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â Â1) Those signed Windows drivers resided on univention seemed to be
>Â Â Âalready out-dated.____
>
>Â Â Â2) Those PV drivers provided on
>Â Â Âhttp://www.xenproject.org/developers/teams/windows-pv-drivers.html
>Â Â Ârequires my own compilation. The drivers compiled are test signed
>Â Â Âand requires setting the Windows to test mode.____
>
>Â Â Â3) The PV drivers provided by Citrix XenServer seems to work also
>Â Â Âwith Xen Hypervisor but I'm not sure whether there is any license
>Â Â Âconflict.____
>
>Â Â Â4) There are Microsoft signed PV drivers provided by Oracle VM but I
>Â Â Âneed to use Oracle VM as my Domain 0 in order to use them.____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂCan anyone confirm my understanding as fore-mentioned?____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI want to make a PC as a HTPC/NAS combo with HTPC part played by a
>Â Â ÂWindows 7 (Windows 10 preferred if feasible) PV HVM guest.____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI'm now stuck at the planning stage of Windows PV drivers. I don't
>Â Â Âwant to compile anything and set the Windows to test mode.____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂSo can I just download the PV drivers from Citrix and installed to
>Â Â Âthe guest? Will it work with my Xen 4.5/4.6 Hypervisor with Ubuntu
>Â Â Â15.04 Domain 0?____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂI'll be very grateful if anyone can help me.____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â ÂRegards____
>
>Â Â ÂLok____
>
>Â Â Â__ __
>
>Â Â Â__ __
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Re: [win-pv-devel] Signed Windows PV Driver