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RE: [Xen-users] GPL PV drivers in Windows Server 2008


  • To: "Onno Molenkamp" <onno@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:51:19 +1100
  • Delivery-date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:51:48 -0800
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: Ach3klHEt+TwPPDfRaqINF0Qx+xDgwACeoVw
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-users] GPL PV drivers in Windows Server 2008

Also, can you cut and paste the output of 'ver' at a command prompt into
an email for me? I'll update the install.bat script. Both W2K8 and Vista
please if you have access to them.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Onno Molenkamp
> Sent: Monday, 25 February 2008 20:38
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] GPL PV drivers in Windows Server 2008
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to get the GPL PV drivers to work in Windows Server
2008?
> (or
> Vista, which is probably the same from a kernel/driver point of view)
> 
> I installed the 0.8.1 drivers for 2003 in a 2008 DomU, and after some
> complaints from Windows about them not being signed, they do seem to
work
> just fine when I add a new block or network device using xm
> block-attach/network-attach.
> 
> However, with the new bootloader I can't pass the /GPLPV switch to the
> kernel
> making it impossible to really use the drivers. Is there any other
> mechanism
> to tell the drivers to activate, or does anyone know if it's possible
to
> make
> bcdedit/winload accept custom switches?
> 
> Onno

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