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Re: [Xen-devel] Is anyone working on HVM Paravirt drivers for windows?

Andrew D. Ball wrote:
That would be sad, but is possible.  Just like I don't believe Linux
drivers should be allowed to be non-GPL, not allowing drivers for
Windows to be GPL makes sense, unless the kernel is organized with much
more isolation as more of a microkernel.

Anyone's more informed thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Peace.
Andrew

On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 07:46 -0700, Ky Srinivasan wrote:
I may be wrong here; but I think windows drivers cannot be open-sourced. I 
recall reading that in windows DDK documentation.

I don't believe the problem is with Windows drivers, but with the Windows Driver Development Kit. The DDK has a license incompatible with the GPL. I think writing a driver without the kit would still be possible, although difficult because it would require much more knowledge about the Windows kernel.

Remarks: no facts, but just what I read on mailing lists.

Best Regards
Michael Paesold

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