Re: [Xen-users] windows pv drivers 8.1 series INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE windows 10

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

CC Paul

I think the right channel would be win-pv-devel@ lists.xenproject.org.

Wei.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:02:53AM +0100, Éliás Tamás wrote:
> All.
> 
> I was succesfully using 8.2 series drivers for a while in a debian dom0
> with 64bit windows 10 pvh guests, until the first "Service pack" for
> windows 10, - which keep turning off testsigning after upgrade -
> arrived. This prevents the os to boot with the xen drivers (solution
> is/was not to install the upgrade package, which is quite hard to
> achieve winth windows 10). The long awaited signed drivers are not
> released yet, and based on previous discussions only 8.1 series will be
> signed (as they are considered to be stable).
> 
> So I decided to downgrade my installations to use 8.1 series drivers. I
> removed 8.2 series (from installed programs, and from the device tree)
> and installed 8.1 series (pfx certs also installed).
> 
> Unfortunately with 8.1 series I'm keep getting INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
> even with TESTSIGNONG on. I have to boot into safe mode, remove 8.1
> series, install 8.2 series, and bang, it is working again.
> 
> So I must assume, that there is generally wrong with the 8.1 series drivers.
> 
> Anyone has any idea how to use the 8.1 series drivers in this situation
> (I belive once the drivers will be signed will not solve this problem)?
> 
> Are there any fundamental differences between 8.1 and 8.2 series which
> would require me to change the domu configuration?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
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> 
> 
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