Xen GPL PV Driver Developers other devices Xen GPL PV Driver Developers Xen Block Device Driver Operating System Versions: Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (x64, x86). Given I am running an old version of xen in domain 0 (v3.1.2), there is an issue with using the GPL PV driver such that the CDROM devices no longer function, and the 'Intel(r) 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller' device has an issue. Upgrading to the latest xen would solve this issue. General info about GPL PV drivers.
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From Univention Wiki
The GPLPV driver is a driver for Microsoft Windows, which enables Windows DomU systems virtualised in Xen to access the network and block drivers of the Xen Dom0. This provides a significant performance and reliability gain over the standard devices emulated by Xen/QEMU.
The GPLPV driver is a free software driver developed by James Harper. He maintains the sources in the Xen.org mercurial version control system, but the current official build are only test-signed, i.e. they are not recognised to be trusted Windows drivers. While this doesn't pose problems for older versions of Windows (for which you only need to acknowledge a warning during installation), the 64 bit version of Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 2008 server / 2012 server enforce the use of signed drivers. The only workaround for these drivers is to enable the test mode using bcdedit. This, however, has the disadvantage that a note about the test mode is displayed on the desktop and that using the test mode voids the warranty of some applications.
Feedback can be provided using email.
- For technical problems with the driver itself, the Xen-Users Mailing list is the appropriate place.
- For problems with the signing mail to Univention Feedback.
Univention provides the GPLPV drivers signed with a Software Publishers Certificate obtained from the VeriSign CA. This allows you to run the drivers without the need of enabling the test mode.
In Univention Corporate Server the GPLPV drivers are included in the form of ISO images, which can be added in the drive settings of the UCS Virtual Machine Manager. A UCS ISO image can be downloaded at:https://www.univention.com/download-and-support/ucs-download/Alternatively, the drivers are available at:http://apt.univention.de/download/addons/gplpv-drivers/ .
The sources were obtained from http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/win-pvdrivers.
The directory includes SHA256 hashes of the individual MSI files in the file hashes-0.11.0.373.txt.asc. This file is signed with the PGP key used for the security updates for Univention Corporate Server (2CBDA4B0).
There are different MSI installer packages for the various Windows releases, which can be started with a simple double click. The 'typical' installation should cover most use cases. The Windows installations need to be updated to the current service packs before installing the GPLPV drivers. E.g., using the GPLPV driver on Windows XP w/o SP3 is not possible.
| Windows versions | Driver packages |
|---|---|
| 64 Bit - Windows Server 2012 64 Bit - Windows Server 2008 R2 | gplpv_Vista2008x64_0.11.0.373.msi |
| 32Bit - Windows Server 2008 32Bit - Windows 8 | gplpv_Vista2008x32_0.11.0.373.msi |
| 64 Bit - Windows Server 2003 | gplpv_2003x64_0.11.0.373.msi |
| 32 Bit - Windows Server 2003 | gplpv_2003x32_0.11.0.373.msi |
| 32 Bit - Windows Server 2000 | gplpv_2000_signed_0.11.0.373.msi |
| 32 Bit - Windows XP | gplpv_XP_signed_0.11.0.373.msi |
After successful installation 'Xen Net Device Driver' and 'Xen Block Device Driver' can be found in the device manager.
Upgrading an installation with the test-signed drivers involves a few additional steps:
1. Download http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads/gplpv_uninstall_bat.zip and extract uninstall_0.10.x.bat out of the ZIP archive.
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2. The test-signed drivers need to be removed in the system settings module fo uninstalling software. The component to be uninstalled is labelled 'GPL PV Drivers for Windows', the five subelemenents below are deinstalled along with the main package. The final question, whether the system should be rebooted now, needs to be answered with 'No'.
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3. Execute uninstall_0.10.x.bat
4. Reboot the system.
5. Now the Univention-signed MSI package can be installed as described above. After successul installation the system must be rebooted.
6. Finally test mode can be deactivated by entering the command 'bcdedit /set testsigning off'. This setting only takes effect after a reboot.
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interest to offer me a help. If the questions are too basic and should not
be raised in this devel mailing list, please forgive me.
I want to install a signed PV drivers in my HVM windows guest since I
learnt from the web that a test signed driver may lead to conflicts with
some Windows applications.
I studied a lot from the Xen project pages and Xen mailing list for users
and pv driver development. I am confused since some of the information
seems to be out-dated.
I consolidated what I learnt so far and would like to seek for help to
clarify the following conecpts before I make my next move:
1) Those signed Windows drivers resided on univention seemed to be already
out-dated.
2) Those PV drivers provided on
http://www.xenproject.org/developers/teams/windows-pv-drivers.html requires
my own compilation. The drivers compiled are test signed and requires
setting the Windows to test mode.
3) The PV drivers provided by Citrix XenServer seems to work also with Xen
Hypervisor but I'm not sure whether there is any license conflict.
4) There are Microsoft signed PV drivers provided by Oracle VM but I need
to use Oracle VM as my Domain 0 in order to use them.
Can anyone confirm my understanding as fore-mentioned?
I want to make a PC as a HTPC/NAS combo with HTPC part played by a Windows
7 (Windows 10 preferred if feasible) PV HVM guest.
I'm now stuck at the planning stage of Windows PV drivers. I don't want to
compile anything and set the Windows to test mode.
So can I just download the PV drivers from Citrix and installed to the
guest? Will it work with my Xen 4.5/4.6 Hypervisor with Ubuntu 15.04 Domain
0?
I'll be very grateful if anyone can help me.
Regards
Lok