From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Andrew D. Ball" Subject: Re: Is anyone working on HVM Paravirt drivers for windows? Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:34:23 -0500 Message-ID: <1163694863.24087.44.camel@localhost> References: <5961D1CE9895844DAC92BAF285996DF2017E2CF9@G3W0065.americas.hpqcorp.net> <20061114181641.6f6a4358@localhost.localdomain> <20061115132503.GK7490@edu.joroinen.fi> <455AD2BB.E57C.0030.0@novell.com> Reply-To: aball@linux.vnet.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <455AD2BB.E57C.0030.0@novell.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Ky Srinivasan Cc: Hiromichi Itou , Xen Devel , Alan , "Bruce J (HP-Labs) Walker" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org That would be sad, but is possible. Just like I don't believe Linux drivers should be allowed to be non-GPL, not allowing drivers for Windows to be GPL makes sense, unless the kernel is organized with much more isolation as more of a microkernel. Anyone's more informed thoughts on this would be appreciated. Peace. Andrew On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 07:46 -0700, Ky Srinivasan wrote: > I may be wrong here; but I think windows drivers cannot be open-sourced= . I recall reading that in windows DDK documentation. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > K. Y >=20 > >>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 8:25 AM, in message > <20061115132503.GK7490@edu.joroinen.fi>, Pasi K=C3=A4rkk=C3=A4inen > wrote:=20 > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 06:16:41PM +0000, Alan wrote: > >> On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:55:35 - 0600 > >> "Walker, Bruce J (HP- Labs)" wrote: > >>=20 > >> > One might reasonably expect something from Novell is this area, gi= ven the=20 > > recently announced relationship with Microsoft? > >> > =20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> If ZDnet is correct (always an "if") then the following rather limit= s any > >> value here > >>=20 > >=20 > > Also the fact that XenSource guys don't want to comment on this doesn= 't > > promise very good.. they seem to already have PV drivers for Windows,= but I > > guess those won't be opensource or even freely available :( > >=20 > > -- Pasi > >=20 > >> --- > >> Microsoft is also making some other changes as far as virtualisation > >> goes. Although any Windows version can serve as the primary, or host= , > >> operating system, only the Business and Ultimate versions of Vista c= an > >> run as guest operating systems in virtualisation. In Windows XP, eac= h > >> virtual instance of the OS required a separate licence, but there we= re no > >> restrictions on which versions could act as guests. > >>=20 > >> --- > >>=20 > >>=20 > > http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft_limits_Vista_tran= sfers/0, > > 130061733,339271684,00.htm?ref=3Dsearch > >>=20 > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen- devel mailing list > > Xen- devel@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen- devel >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel