From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geiger Subject: Re: Signed GPLPV drivers available for download Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:03:04 +0200 Message-ID: <201109141803.04514.tobias.geiger@vido.info> References: <201109090950.05043.muehlenhoff@univention.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201109090950.05043.muehlenhoff@univention.de> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org i have very strange effects as soon as i install the GPLPV drivers under=20 windows7 (64bit): =2D no network connection as soon as anything which accesses the graphiccar= d in=20 3d mode is started; thats what buffles me most... i can't really tell you m= ore=20 than that, its really that strange (first i thought of a virus or something= =20 like that, but i was able to circle it down to the gplpv drivers,..) this also happens with non-signed gplpv drivers, and also with a version pr= ior=20 to 308 (was it 238?) =2D really better read-performance WITH gplpv, but much worse write-perform= ance: here is the performance without gplpv: http://img238.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=3D15846_HDTune_File_Benchmark_QE= MU_HARDDISK_VOR_signedGPLPV_122_354lo.jpg here WITH gplpv: http://img278.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=3D15846_HDTune_File_Benchmark_XE= N____PV_DISK________NACH_gplpv_SIGNED_122_530lo.jpg Greetings Tobias Am Freitag, 9. September 2011, 09:50:04 schrieb Moritz M=FChlenhoff: > Hi, > for inclusion in Univention Corporate Server - a Linux distribution based > on Debian targeted towards enterprise environments, which also includes > Xen for virtualisation - we're now building/signing the excellent GPLPV > drivers written by James Harper with a Software Publishers Certificate > obtained from GlobalSign. [1] >=20 > This allows installation of the GPLPV drivers on 64 bit Windows without t= he > need to enable the test mode. >=20 > The drivers are available from > http://apt.univention.de/download/addons/gplpv- drivers/ and should be > compatible with any Xen installation. >=20 > The installation is detailed in > http://wiki.univention.de/index.php?title=3DInstalling-signed-GPLPV-drive= rs >=20 > So far only new installation of the GPLPV drivers have been tested. We > welcome general feedback and experiences with upgrades from test-signed > versions of GPLPV. >=20 > Cheers, > Moritz >=20 > Footnotes: > [1] We're well aware of the recent claims of a potential compromise of th= at > CA, but as of today this is still under investigation: > http://www.globalsign.com/company/press/090611-security-response.html