Windows PV drivers and Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016

Windows PV drivers and Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016

[Steven Haigh]

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Hi all,

Re the Windows PV drivers - I've tried v8.2.0 on Windows 10, and it required 
me to put Windows into TEST MODE to still load the drivers. Bringing it out of 
test mode results in the Xen PV drivers being uninstalled.

I now have to create a Windows Server 2016 DomU and I'm wondering if there is 
any way without living in TEST MODE for the rest of its life to install the PV 
drivers?

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Steven Haigh

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Re: Windows PV drivers and Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016

[Paul Durrant]

Moving xen-devel to bcc and addressing win-pv-devel list...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xen-devel [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org] On Behalf
> Of Steven Haigh
> Sent: 12 December 2017 11:33
> To: xen-devel@lists.xen.org
> Subject: [Xen-devel] Windows PV drivers and Windows 10 / Windows Server
> 2016
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Re the Windows PV drivers - I've tried v8.2.0 on Windows 10, and it required
> me to put Windows into TEST MODE to still load the drivers. Bringing it out of
> test mode results in the Xen PV drivers being uninstalled.
> 
> I now have to create a Windows Server 2016 DomU and I'm wondering if
> there is
> any way without living in TEST MODE for the rest of its life to install the PV
> drivers?
> 

That is strange. The 8.2.0 drivers are release signed with an EV token that should mean they deploy on Windows 10 without the need for testsigning mode. It's possible Microsoft have changed something in recent Windows 10... which version of Windows 10 are you using? (Also I assume you downloaded drivers from https://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/win/8.2.0/). I just double checked xenbus.sys and xenbus.cat and they are certainly both signed with the correct certificate (Linux Foundation SHA256) and properly time-stamped. Could you verify those files in your copy of the tarball?

 Cheers,

    Paul 

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> Steven Haigh
> 
> 📧 netwiz@crc.id.au       💻 http://www.crc.id.au
> 📞 +61 (3) 9001 6090    📱 0412 935 897
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