Re: [win-pv-devel] [PATCH] Step through hardware revision list in reverse order

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: win-pv-devel [mailto:win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of owen.smith@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 20 September 2016 17:46
> To: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Owen Smith <owen.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [win-pv-devel] [PATCH] Step through hardware revision list in
> reverse order
> 
> From: Owen Smith <owen.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Windows treats the HardwareID list as a decending order of specialization
> where the first entry is the most specific, and last entry is least specific. 
> This
> can lead to install issues when the newer driver has a less-specific
> HardwareID, as the older ("more-specific") HardwareID is used for the
> match.
> Reordering the HardwareID list, so that the newest revision is first, will 
> stop
> Windows selecting the wrong driver package to install.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Owen Smith <owen.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Paul Durramt <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  src/xenvif/pdo.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/xenvif/pdo.c b/src/xenvif/pdo.c index 8e46566..53fd2e9
> 100644
> --- a/src/xenvif/pdo.c
> +++ b/src/xenvif/pdo.c
> @@ -2049,8 +2049,8 @@ PdoQueryId(
>          Type = REG_MULTI_SZ;
>          Length = Id.MaximumLength;
> 
> -        for (Index = 0; Index < ARRAYSIZE(PdoRevision); Index++) {
> -            PXENVIF_PDO_REVISION    Revision = &PdoRevision[Index];
> +        for (Index = ARRAYSIZE(PdoRevision); Index > 0; Index--) {
> +            PXENVIF_PDO_REVISION    Revision = &PdoRevision[Index - 1];
> 
>              status = RtlStringCbPrintfW(Buffer,
>                                          Length,
> --
> 2.8.2
> 
> 
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