Hello, On 24 January 2013 11:31, Christophe Fergeau <cferg...@redhat.com> wrote:
> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers > My understanding is that they are based on the git repo linked there if > this is the information you want. > Unfortunately no, they're totally different than the one Fedora provides. The one Fedora provides follow the same versioning of the RHEL ones except they're not WHQL signed. An example; netkvm for xp in the git repo: DriverVer = 03/15/2007,1.0.0.0 In the Fedora iso: DriverVer=01/22/2013,51.64.104.5200 This is the RHEL numbering, where the ".64." means it's slated for the RHEL 6.4 inclusion. Also if you fetch this [1], on which the fedora iso are based, it unpacks as "internal-kvm-guest-drivers-windows" and the changelog is totally different. The 2 source codes are totally unrelated, they are separate repositories. The one on github seems a repository where some fixes are tested, that's all. [1] http://people.redhat.com/vrozenfe/build-48/virtio-win-prewhql-0.1-48-sources.zip > > For this use case, all they need to do is to grab the spice-guest-tools > > > installer and run that, the mess you describe is the exact reason why > I'm > > > building this installer. > > > > > > > The installer works good and is a very nice addition, but the QXL drivers > > do not work, as it's not signed. > > I'm not sure how to test whether it's signed or not, but I just tested that > the driver works in a winxp 32 bit install. > That's exactly the problem, XP allows unsigned drivers; windows 7 doesn't. > > To summarize, what would be nice to have is the addition of recently > built > > Spice Agents and signed QXL drivers in the Fedora iso. > > I'm not sure qxl + spice agent really belongs in the virtio-win ISO on > alt.fedoraproject.org, as these virtio drivers can be useful to people not > using SPICE at all. I don't know, I don't understand why a user should choose a worst user experience when they could have it better with the same functionality. I mean, using QXL/Spice with virt-manager does not have any drawback compared to Cirrus+VNC. The client is different, but on the contrary there are only benefits. Anyway the problem leads back to the QXL drivers; if the latest QXL drivers were signed and parked at spice-space.org it would not be a big deal even if not included in the iso; but unfortunately they are not. However, if you are willing to build such an ISO from > the bits and pieces from this virtio-win ISO and from spice-space.org, it > would make sense to provide it alongside the spice-guest-tools installer on > spice-space.org. > I will do, a new "52" iso has come out for Fedora. Waiting on your Spice Guest Tools 0.4 with latest Balloon Service and latest Spice Agent. :D Many thanks. --Simone -- You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore (R. W. Emerson).
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