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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] add pci-serial device.
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To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>

  Hi,

>> For pci-serial windows needs a "driver" (which is just a inf file, the
>> driver itself is shipped by windows).  So in that case it is easier to
>> go with our own ids I think, as we can simply ship a inf file then.
>> When picking the IDs of other cards, existing as real hardware, users
>> would have to hunt down the (non-redistributable) driver package for the
>> real hardware to get it going in windows.
>>
>> cheers,
>>   Gerd
> 
> Any way to bypass the need to distribute the inf?

The usual way to pick ids supported by windows out-of-the-box
unfortunaly doesn't fly for pci-serial cards.  I'm happy that we don't
have to code anything and just the inf file to hook up the serial.sys
shipped by windows is enougth.  I'm certainly open for better ideas
though ...

cheers,
  Gerd