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> -----Original Message----- > From: win-pv-devel [mailto:win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Éliás Tamás > Sent: 19 May 2016 15:02 > To: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [win-pv-devel] SIGNED WINPV DRIVERS: Are Discussions still > ongoing with the Linux Foundation? > > Hi. > > > 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. > > If this is such easy (I did not even thaught about such a solution yet), > I cannot understand why we fight with this "signing" issue. > > Isn't it possible for Citrix to sign these community drivers too? > I don't have the authority to decide that. > Is this has any legal/performance/security issues (assuming citrix > drivers are nearly the same as the community ones)? > The EULA on the Citrix drivers does not require that the drivers be run on a VM running on XenServer and the source from which they were built is very close to upstream but not identical. Paul > > > > Paul > > > >>> > >>> Paul > >>> > >>>> Thx. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Éliás Tamás > >>>> Thomas Elias > >>>> > >>>> ETIT[nwpro] KFT, Ügyvezető-Hálózatbiztonsági specialista > >>>> ETIT[nwpro] Ltd, General Manager-Network security specialist > >>>> > >>>> Tel. HU: +36/30-497-1626 > >>>> Tel. DE: +49/160-651-8723 > >>>> OpenPGP pubkey: http://etit.hu/doc/et-pub.asc > >>>> > >>>> Okleveles mérnök-informatikus (MSC) > >>>> Master of Science in Information Technology (MSC) > >>>> > >>>> Kapcsolat: http://etit.hu/index.php/hu/kapcsolat > >>>> Jogi nyilatkozat: http://etit.hu/disclaimer-email-hu.txt > >>>> Contact: http://etit.hu/index.php/en/contact > >>>> Disclaimer: http://etit.hu/disclaimer-email-en.txt > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> win-pv-devel mailing list > >>> win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> http://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/win-pv-devel > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> Éliás Tamás > >> Thomas Elias > >> > >> ETIT[nwpro] KFT, Ügyvezető-Hálózatbiztonsági specialista > >> ETIT[nwpro] Ltd, General Manager-Network security specialist > >> > >> Tel. HU: +36/30-497-1626 > >> Tel. DE: +49/160-651-8723 > >> OpenPGP pubkey: http://etit.hu/doc/et-pub.asc > >> > >> Okleveles mérnök-informatikus (MSC) > >> Master of Science in Information Technology (MSC) > >> > >> Kapcsolat: http://etit.hu/index.php/hu/kapcsolat > >> Jogi nyilatkozat: http://etit.hu/disclaimer-email-hu.txt > >> Contact: http://etit.hu/index.php/en/contact > >> Disclaimer: http://etit.hu/disclaimer-email-en.txt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > win-pv-devel mailing list > > win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/win-pv-devel > > > > -- > > > Éliás Tamás > Thomas Elias > > ETIT[nwpro] KFT, Ügyvezető-Hálózatbiztonsági specialista > ETIT[nwpro] Ltd, General Manager-Network security specialist > > Tel. HU: +36/30-497-1626 > Tel. DE: +49/160-651-8723 > OpenPGP pubkey: http://etit.hu/doc/et-pub.asc > > Okleveles mérnök-informatikus (MSC) > Master of Science in Information Technology (MSC) > > Kapcsolat: http://etit.hu/index.php/hu/kapcsolat > Jogi nyilatkozat: http://etit.hu/disclaimer-email-hu.txt > Contact: http://etit.hu/index.php/en/contact > Disclaimer: http://etit.hu/disclaimer-email-en.txt _______________________________________________ win-pv-devel mailing list win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/win-pv-devel
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