Hello,

On 24 January 2013 11:31, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau@redhat.com> wrote:
http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers
My understanding is that they are based on the git repo linked there if
this is the information you want.

Unfortunately no, they're totally different than the one Fedora provides. The one Fedora provides follow the same versioning of the RHEL ones except they're not WHQL signed.

An example; netkvm for xp in the git repo:

DriverVer = 03/15/2007,1.0.0.0

In the Fedora iso:

DriverVer=01/22/2013,51.64.104.5200

This is the RHEL numbering, where the ".64." means it's slated for the RHEL 6.4 inclusion.

Also if you fetch this [1], on which the fedora iso are based, it unpacks as "internal-kvm-guest-drivers-windows" and the changelog is totally different. The 2 source codes are totally unrelated, they are separate repositories. The one on github seems a repository where some fixes are tested, that's all.

[1] http://people.redhat.com/vrozenfe/build-48/virtio-win-prewhql-0.1-48-sources.zip

> > For this use case, all they need to do is to grab the spice-guest-tools
> > installer and run that, the mess you describe is the exact reason why I'm
> > building this installer.
> >
>
> The installer works good and is a very nice addition, but the QXL drivers
> do not work, as it's not signed.

I'm not sure how to test whether it's signed or not, but I just tested that
the driver works in a winxp 32 bit install.

That's exactly the problem, XP allows unsigned drivers; windows 7 doesn't.
 
> To summarize, what would be nice to have is the addition of recently built
> Spice Agents and signed QXL drivers in the Fedora iso.

I'm not sure qxl + spice agent really belongs in the virtio-win ISO on
alt.fedoraproject.org, as these virtio drivers can be useful to people not
using SPICE at all.

I don't know, I don't understand why a user should choose a worst user experience when they could have it better with the same functionality. I mean, using QXL/Spice with virt-manager does not have any drawback compared to Cirrus+VNC. The client is different, but on the contrary there are only benefits.

Anyway the problem leads back to the QXL drivers; if the latest QXL drivers were signed and parked at spice-space.org it would not be a big deal even if not included in the iso; but unfortunately they are not.

However, if you are willing to build such an ISO from
the bits and pieces from this virtio-win ISO and from spice-space.org, it
would make sense to provide it alongside the spice-guest-tools installer on
spice-space.org.

I will do, a new "52" iso has come out for Fedora. Waiting on your Spice Guest Tools 0.4 with latest Balloon Service and latest Spice Agent. :D

Many thanks.
--Simone


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