From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Yan Vugenfirer" Subject: RE: MS Window virtio drivers certification status Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:43:28 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002101ca92dd$355d38d0$a017aa70$@com> References: <41be791c1001110649s5285655g1af5c178dc6f1cb4@mail.gmail.com> <001401ca92d5$a9db6ea0$fd924be0$@com> <41be791c1001110826s5bd2ecf8n23a57d9288895b97@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "'kvm'" To: "'Saul Tamari'" Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:2705 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751532Ab0AKQna (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:43:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: <41be791c1001110826s5bd2ecf8n23a57d9288895b97@mail.gmail.com> Content-Language: en-us Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] On > Behalf Of Saul Tamari > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 6:26 PM > To: Yan Vugenfirer > Cc: kvm > Subject: Re: MS Window virtio drivers certification status > > Hi, > > Are you talking about both network & block drivers? [YV] Yes. Only difference for block - Windows XP certified driver wasn'= t release with RHEL5.4. It should be in RHEL 5.5. > > Thanks, > Saul > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Yan Vugenfirer > wrote: > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] > On > >> Behalf Of Saul Tamari > >> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 4:50 PM > >> To: kvm > >> Subject: MS Window virtio drivers certification status > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm looking to find some information about the current status of t= he > >> Windows virtio drivers. > >> Are they certified by Microsoft? > > [YV] Drivers that were released with RHEL 5.4 are certified by MS f= or > > Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Window 2008 R2. Drivers > that > > will be released with RHEL 5.5 will also include Windows 7 > certification. > >> Is there a timeline for this? > > [YV] We are also working to push certified drivers as part of Fedor= a > 13. > >> Will the drivers be included in future MS operating system DVD > >> distribution? > > [YV] No timeline for this. We definitely would like this to happen, > but > > the process is in its beginning. > > > > Some additional comments regarding MS certification (might be > different > > from things accustomed in open source community): Driver > certification is > > per specific binary and not for the code base. So there is specific > binary > > version of the driver that got MS certification. > > > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Saul > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >> More majordomo info at =A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.ht= ml > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html