Re: [Xen-users] PV- Drivers for Windows (XP, 2003 Server)

["Ofek Doron [Ofek BIZ]" <doron@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

The problem is that each vendor ends up with its own version of  windows PV drivers.

Wouldn't the world be better with one set of Windows paravirtual drivers?

Because XenSource / Novell have an agreement with Microsoft they use the drivers in the commercial products, AFAIK Microsoft virtual server ( Hyper V / Vridian) (they have a beta release) is also a paravirtual platform, maybe in the next version of windows we will have a build-in PV drivers .

- Doron

Nick Couchman wrote:

You're right - my mistake.  They also have a non-Xen-based virtual server product (akin to VMware Server), so I think I was getting those confused.

--Nick

>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2008 at  9:59 AM, Caz Yokoyama <cazyokoyama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

VirtualIron is Xen based product like XenSource. They suggest the installation of VI tools which add couple of devices include network device on Windows. Correct if I am wrong.

Thank you.

-Caz Yokoyama, caz@xxxxxxxxxxx, CazYokoyama@xxxxxxxxx, +1-503-804-1028(m)

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Nick Couchman [mailto:Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx]

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Monday, January 07, 2008 8:49 AM

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Feichtinger.Guenter@xxxxxxxxxx; Caz Yokoyama; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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RE: [Xen-users] PV- Drivers for Windows (XP, 2003 Server)

 

Yes, but these are likely for VirtualIron's virtualization product and not XEN PV drivers for HVM domUs.

 

--Nick

>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2008 at  9:44 AM, Caz Yokoyama <cazyokoyama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

VirtualIron has network and other drivers. Check http://www.virtualiron.com/products/Free_Download.cfm.

 

Thank you.

 

-Caz Yokoyama, caz@xxxxxxxxxxx, CazYokoyama@xxxxxxxxx, +1-503-804-1028(m)

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Nick Couchman

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Monday, January 07, 2008 6:28 AM

To:

Feichtinger Günter; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject:

Re: [Xen-users] PV- Drivers for Windows (XP, 2003 Server)

 

 

 

You can search for the Open Source HVM drivers, but I don't think anything stable has come out, yet.  The only other PV drivers that I know about for Windows are commercially available (read: NOT free) - these are Novell's PV drivers for Windows and NetWare, and XenSource's PV drivers.  Again,  both of those are commercial products - in Novell's case you must purchase SLES10 to get the PV driver pack.  Not sure about the XenSource ones...

 

 

 

--nick

>>> On 2008/01/07 at 03:46, Feichtinger Günter <Feichtinger.Guenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

hallo everybody,

 

i googled a lot of time, looking for PV-drivers for Windows- domUs.

 

I found a few things about that, but nothing about download an installation.

 

Do anybody know, where I can get it and how to install?

 

 

 

My configuration:

 

Dom0: CentOS 5.1

 

DomUs: Windows XP and 2003 Server

 

 

 

Thanks for any help,

 

 

 

Guenter

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