Re: [win-pv-devel] SIGNED WINPV DRIVERS: Are Discussions still ongoing with the Linux Foundation?

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: win-pv-devel [mailto:win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Éliás Tamás
> Sent: 19 May 2016 12:50
> To: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [win-pv-devel] SIGNED WINPV DRIVERS: Are Discussions still
> ongoing with the Linux Foundation?
> 
> Hi.
> 
> >> It's more then a month now that the above information had been
> >> distributed by Paul.
> >>
> >> Does anyone has any update on this? When seemes these discussions will
> >> end up in a resolution?
> >>
> >
> > Unfortunately I have no meaningful update. Discussions with the Linux
> Foundation seem to have completely stalled. It is most frustrating.
> 
> Question: Should I give up the efforts I already made, or is there any
> chance that the signed drivers will available in the forseenable future?

I can only release sign drivers. I am not going to be able to get a Microsoft 
signature and so Windows 10 will still need to be in testsigning mode.

> What really causes the problem?

A lack of agreement between the Linux Foundation and Microsoft.

> Is there a chance that the community can
> help in the resolution?
> 

I think this is a matter for the Xen Project advisory board. I don't think the 
community can really help unless someone who does have an agreement with 
Microsoft wants to provide a 'community release' of the drivers using their own 
signature.

An alternative would be use the Citrix branded drivers from Windows Update. You 
can get these by adding the Citrix PV device to your VM config. This can be 
done by adding a line of this form to you xl.cfg:

device_model_args=[ "-device", "xen-pvdevice,device-id=0xc000" ]

(assuming you are using upstream QEMU)

This should cause an emulated PCI device with vendor id 0x5853 and device id 
0xC000 to appear in your VM and Windows should then be able to fetch the Citrix 
PV drivers from Windows Update.

   Paul

> >
> >   Paul
> >
> >> Thx.
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> Éliás Tamás
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> 
> Éliás Tamás
> Thomas Elias
> 
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