http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/WDK/WDKpkg.mspx
That page details the instructions that I followed. Remember that you
want 6000, not 6001, unless you'd like to do development for Windows
2008 :)
It does say that it is _also_ available via an MSDN Subscription, but it
is also available for free. You do have to set up an account to get it
though, and you do have to use Microsofts own downloader.
I'll put the above link in the PV driver docs.
James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Wolfe [mailto:brianw@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 14:32
> To: James Harper
> Cc: xen-devel
> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: GPL Win PV driver issues
>
> I burned 2 hours attempting to track it down but every link redirected
> me to look in the MSDN area which is behind an MSDN membership
password.
> 8-(
>
> I'm guessing that there is no chance that the win2003 drivers will
work
> under nt2kpro?
>
> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 13:45 +1100, James Harper wrote:
> > Assuming nothing has changed in the last 6 months or so, the DDK is
> > available at no cost on the MS web site, but it is a bit tricky to
track
> > down.
> >
> > Have another look around...
> >
> > James
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brian Wolfe [mailto:brianw@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 06:06
> > > To: James Harper
> > > Cc: xen-devel
> > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: GPL Win PV driver issues
> > >
> > > I wish I could help out a bit by compiling for nt2k pro but
> > > unfortunately MS wants me to buy their developers subscription for
> > $1k+
> > > USD. 8-( I can't afford that kind of cash. *sigh*
> > >
> > > If anyone can front me the necessary installables for compiling
the
> > > windows PV drivers I'm willing to have a go at helping out. :)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 09:17 +1100, James Harper wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been thinking about this. Isn't it possible to allow both
> > QEMU
> > > > and
> > > > > PV devices to exist, and create a combined HW/PV driver? I.e.,
a
> > > > driver
> > > > > for both the emulated device under Windows (as a later version
> > than
> > > > the
> > > > > one shipped in Windows). Then, if really running under Xen,
the
> > driver
> > > > > instructs dom0 to optionally terminate the QEMU server side
and
> > use
> > > > the
> > > > > PV approach for communication.
> > > > >
> > > > > As the emulated devices are well understood (and there's
QEMU's
> > > > source),
> > > > > would this be hard to do?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > The way I've implemented the driver for the Xen PCI device is
that
> > it
> > > > becomes a bus driver and enumerates the things under 'devices'
in
> > > > xenstore (eg vbd, vif, console) and then drivers attach to
those.
> > > >
> > > > For your idea to work, a single driver would need to attach to
both
> > the
> > > > emulated PCI disk/network adapter, and the Xen PV device. I
don't
> > think
> > > > this is possibly under the windows driver model.
> > > >
> > > > But I've only been writing windows drivers for a few months now,
so
> > > > there's probably a lot of stuff I don't know :)
> > > >
> > > > James
> > > >
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> >
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