From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: Re: [XCP] new version available Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:51:02 -0500 Message-ID: <20100121175102.GA28424@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <81A73678E76EA642801C8F2E4823AD2143B8C194C1@LONPMAILBOX01.citrite.net> <201001192030.40494.ml@markus.schuster.name> <20100119193606.GF2861@reaktio.net> <201001192039.21424.ml@markus.schuster.name> <4FA716B1526C7C4DB0375C6DADBC4EA342A82FAB44@LONPMAILBOX01.citrite.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FA716B1526C7C4DB0375C6DADBC4EA342A82FAB44@LONPMAILBOX01.citrite.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Ian Pratt Cc: Markus Schuster , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 05:48:07PM +0000, Ian Pratt wrote: > > > > That's cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of > > > > stability, speed, features and so on? > > > > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? > > > > > > Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, > > > and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not. > > > > Ah, I see - too bad Citrix couldn't open source them :) > > They're freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are signed so you don't get annoying pop-ups when installing them. They work fine on bare-bone Xen? I remember seeing in the past data about having to add some extra keys in XenStore for this. Is that still the case?