From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vadim Rozenfeld Subject: Re: Windows XP x64 SP2 KVM Guest Virtio Drivers Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:12:06 +1100 Message-ID: <1394518326.3088.36.camel@w7-rhel> References: <52FD7362.7090401@gmail.com> <76A51588-35B3-4B51-B538-B57E2158C97C@redhat.com> <531E9E04.8030309@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Yan Vugenfirer , kvm-devel To: OwN-3m-All Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49281 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751649AbaCKGMO (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Mar 2014 02:12:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <531E9E04.8030309@gmail.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 23:24 -0600, OwN-3m-All wrote: > I was hoping for a virtio storage driver. I'd like to use a virtio disk > rather than ide. However, it does not seem to be possible with XP x64 > because such a driver does not exist? Also, the viostor driver for > Server 2003 x64 does not work for XP x64. That's strange. While WXP 64-bit is not officially supported, I remember I tested W2K3 64-bit viostor driver on WXP 64-bit SP2. You said it fails with BSOD. Can you tell me the bug check code please? Cheers, Vadim. > > > On 2/16/2014 6:05 AM, Yan Vugenfirer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > WinXP 64bit is a strange bird. > > > > Which driver did you tried to install: virtio-net, virtio-block or something else? > > > > > > Best regards, > > Yan. > > > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 3:37 AM, OwN-3m-All wrote: > > > >> Hi Guys, > >> > >> Does a virtio KVM driver exist for Windows XP x64 SP2? If not, would it be > >> possible to create one / adapt the Server 2003 version somehow? I tried > >> using the Server 2003 x64 drivers (from > >> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers), but they didn't work. > >> The drivers would install, but then XP x64 would just blue screen and > >> never boot up again. > >> > >> Hoping there's a driver! > >> > >> -- > >> 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 >