RE: [Xen-devel] RE: GPL Win PV driver issues

[Brian Wolfe <brianw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Meh! me and my bad eyesight. *sigh*

Thanks for leading the blind. :)

I have a machine all setup to test with xen 3.2-rc4


On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 15:20 +1100, James Harper wrote:
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKpkg.mspx
> 
> That page details the instructions that I followed. Remember that you
> want 6000, not 6001, unless you'd like to do development for Windows
> 2008 :)
> 
> It does say that it is _also_ available via an MSDN Subscription, but it
> is also available for free. You do have to set up an account to get it
> though, and you do have to use Microsofts own downloader.
> 
> I'll put the above link in the PV driver docs.
> 
> James
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Wolfe [mailto:brianw@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 14:32
> > To: James Harper
> > Cc: xen-devel
> > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: GPL Win PV driver issues
> > 
> > I burned 2 hours attempting to track it down but every link redirected
> > me to look in the MSDN area which is behind an MSDN membership
> password.
> > 8-(
> > 
> > I'm guessing that there is no chance that the win2003 drivers will
> work
> > under nt2kpro?
> > 
> > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 13:45 +1100, James Harper wrote:
> > > Assuming nothing has changed in the last 6 months or so, the DDK is
> > > available at no cost on the MS web site, but it is a bit tricky to
> track
> > > down.
> > >
> > > Have another look around...
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Brian Wolfe [mailto:brianw@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 06:06
> > > > To: James Harper
> > > > Cc: xen-devel
> > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: GPL Win PV driver issues
> > > >
> > > > I wish I could help out a bit by compiling for nt2k pro but
> > > > unfortunately MS wants me to buy their developers subscription for
> > > $1k+
> > > > USD. 8-( I can't afford that kind of cash. *sigh*
> > > >
> > > > If anyone can front me the necessary installables for compiling
> the
> > > > windows PV drivers I'm willing to have a go at helping out. :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 09:17 +1100, James Harper wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've been thinking about this. Isn't it possible to allow both
> > > QEMU
> > > > > and
> > > > > > PV devices to exist, and create a combined HW/PV driver? I.e.,
> a
> > > > > driver
> > > > > > for both the emulated device under Windows (as a later version
> > > than
> > > > > the
> > > > > > one shipped in Windows). Then, if really running under Xen,
> the
> > > driver
> > > > > > instructs dom0 to optionally terminate the QEMU server side
> and
> > > use
> > > > > the
> > > > > > PV approach for communication.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As the emulated devices are well understood (and there's
> QEMU's
> > > > > source),
> > > > > > would this be hard to do?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The way I've implemented the driver for the Xen PCI device is
> that
> > > it
> > > > > becomes a bus driver and enumerates the things under 'devices'
> in
> > > > > xenstore (eg vbd, vif, console) and then drivers attach to
> those.
> > > > >
> > > > > For your idea to work, a single driver would need to attach to
> both
> > > the
> > > > > emulated PCI disk/network adapter, and the Xen PV device. I
> don't
> > > think
> > > > > this is possibly under the windows driver model.
> > > > >
> > > > > But I've only been writing windows drivers for a few months now,
> so
> > > > > there's probably a lot of stuff I don't know :)
> > > > >
> > > > > James
> > > > >
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