> > +Developing Windows Drivers > > +========================== > > + > > +Prerequisites > > +------------- > > + > > +Building Windows Drivers is only possible on Windows. > > + > > +1. Visual Studio 2019 Community or Professional Edition > > +2. Windows Driver Kit (WDK) for Windows 10, version 1903 > > Looks like WDK is licence is "Proprietary commercial software". > > I am just wondering, Can we package this driver in binary form for > end-users to whose scope > is to not develop Windows DPDK but fixing any issues reported by build > CI for Window due > to generic EAL patches or so.
As cover letter says, this driver should not be required in the end. For netUIO, Harini announced at Windows community call 2020-03-14 that it will be freely available in binary form hosted by Microsoft. In general, publishing driver binaries is OK, take virtio for example: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers Driver signing is a different matter, but CI probably doesn't require it. -- Dmitry Kozlyuk
