kvm-guest-drivers-windows-1

ANNOUNCE Avi Kivity 6 participants 9 messages Mar 18, 2008 – Mar 29, 2008 KVM

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Avi Kivity

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2008-03-18 15:01 UTC #0 lore raw

This is the first release of network drivers for Windows guests running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for Windows 2000 and Windows XP 32-bit. kvm-61 or later is needed in the host. At the moment only binaries are available.

The drivers are available from the download page of the kvm website, below.

To use, download the drivers into the guest (using one of the emulated network cards), and unpack the package. Reboot with '-net nic,model=virtio' instead of the usual setting, and when Windows prompts you for a driver location, select the appropriate directory in the package (Windows XP or Windows 2000).

Initial release:
- kvm network drivers for Windows 2000 and Windows XP (Yan Vugenfirer, Dor Laor)

http://kvm.qumranet.com/

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Daniel P. Berrange

2008-03-18 15:14 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 4 lines · Avi Kivity

This is the first release of network drivers for Windows guests running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for Windows 2000 and Windows XP 32-bit. kvm-61 or later is needed in the host. At the moment only binaries are available.

There's no license file inside the ZIP file - what license are the binaries re-distributed under ?

Regards,
Dan.

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Avi Kivity

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2008-03-18 15:13 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 12 lines · Daniel P. Berrange

Quoted 5 lines · Avi Kivity
This is the first release of network drivers for Windows guests running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for Windows 2000 and Windows XP 32-bit. kvm-61 or later is needed in the host. At the moment only binaries are available.
There's no license file inside the ZIP file - what license are the binaries re-distributed under ?

Good question. I'll find out. I imagine they'd be freely redistributable.

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Avi Kivity

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2008-03-23 09:59 UTC #3 lore raw

Quoted 11 lines · Avi Kivity

Quoted 9 lines · Daniel P. Berrange
Quoted 6 lines · Avi Kivity
This is the first release of network drivers for Windows guests running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for Windows 2000 and Windows XP 32-bit. kvm-61 or later is needed in the host. At the moment only binaries are available.

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There's no license file inside the ZIP file - what license are the binaries re-distributed under ?
Good question. I'll find out. I imagine they'd be freely redistributable.

The binaries are free for use and redistribution for commercial and non-commercial use. The sources will be released under an open-source license, provided the Windows DDK terms permit.

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Ian Kirk

2008-03-18 15:19 UTC #4 lore raw

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Quoted 2 lines · Avi Kivity

This is the first release of network drivers for Windows guests running on a kvm host.

Any plans for Windows Server and block support?

Avi Kivity

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2008-03-18 15:25 UTC #5 lore raw

Quoted 8 lines · Ian Kirk

Quoted 3 lines · Avi Kivity
This is the first release of network drivers for Windows guests running on a kvm host.
Any plans for Windows Server

IIUC the XP drivers should also work for Windows 2003 Server. Windows 2008 Server and x64 variants are planned.

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and block support?

No plans at this point. SCSI emulation should provide decent performance.

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Charles Duffy

2008-03-28 22:01 UTC #6 lore raw

Quoted 1 line · Avi Kivity

No plans at this point. SCSI emulation should provide decent performance.

Are there plans for addressing QEMU's issues w/ the SCSI emulation for Windows guests?

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=893831&aid=1895893&group_id=180599

[posting this in part as a warning, lest others go through the process of setting Windows up on a guest using SCSI and end up needing to throw out the install -- XP doesn't seem to take well to its SCSI drive becoming IDE without a reinstall].

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Felix Leimbach

2008-03-29 08:10 UTC #7 lore raw

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[posting this in part as a warning, lest others go through the process of setting Windows up on a guest using SCSI and end up needing to throw out the install -- XP doesn't seem to take well to its SCSI drive becoming IDE without a reinstall].

While I agree that the situation is troublesome there is no need to throw out such an install. I did just the SCSI to IDE migration on a couple of Windows Server 2003 guests successfully.

Here's the memo I just wrote about that:

Situation:
Hardware to be moved from one machine to another and hard disk controllers differ significantly.

Example:
Moved various servers from ESX 2.5 guests (LSI SCSI Controller) to KVM guests (Intel 802731SB IDE Controller).
Without preparion the guest's error out with a 0x0000007B blue screen and only a rescue-installation would be able to rectify that.

Solution:
* Before hardware change: Delete all host-specific relevant hardware in device manager on old machine [This might even not be needed]
* Before hardware change: Execute the registery file corresponding to this memo [appended below] and shut the machine down
* Transfer it
* It boots up fine and finds the new hardware

Tested on:
* Win 2003 Server Std SP1

Registry file to reset the disk controller:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\primary_ide_channel]

"ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" "Service"="atapi"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\secondary_ide_channel]

"ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" "Service"="atapi"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\*pnp0600]

"ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" "Service"="atapi"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\*azt0502]

"ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" "Service"="atapi"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\gendisk]

"ClassGUID"="{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" "Service"="disk"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#cc_0101]