XCP-ng Windows PV Drivers 8.2.2

borzel

Hello, there is the ~~next~~ Release Candidate version:

~~https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases/tag/v8.2.2-beta~~
https://github.com/xcp-ng/win-pv-drivers/releases/tag/v8.2.2.200-RC1

8.2.2.200-RC1:

Vates cert gets now correctly installed, so the PV-Drivers can silently install!

8.2.2-beta:

"Highlight": It is built using Visual Studio Community 2017 (instead of Visual Studio 2012)

because of a bug in the Windows Driver Kit 10.0.17763.0 I lost some weeks searching for the solution or workaround.
Found it today: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/386142/windows-sdk-100177630-pragma-push-pop-mismatch-in.html

stormi

Could building them with VS 2017 cause incompatibility issues with older versions of Windows, or is there no risk of that at all?

borzel

@stormi I dont think so. Its build to fit at least Windows 7 drivers.

borzel

I found maybe the main issue with the PV Driver installer, here you can follow: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues/181

It's related to Certificate Issues

borzel created this issue in xcp-ng/xcp

open XCP-ng Windows PV-Drivers 8.2.2 #181

borzel

Release Candidate has arrived (see first post!) Please test and report back!

ruskofd

I will give a roll of tests during the next week and I will report here

ruskofd

Some tests results on Windows Server 2016 and 2019 :

One shot installation, one reboot and that's it ! Perfect captain

borzel

janm

Can the drivers be used on VMs running on a XCP-ng 7 host?

borzel

@janm yes

olivierlambert

@ruskofd so everything works on a French Windows, right?

ruskofd

I never had a problem with borzel's drivers with French locale. But yes, it's works perfectly

olivierlambert

So to be sure: you extracted the zip, run "Setup.exe", and you went from a "clean VM" to a VM with both PV drivers AND management agent, right?

ruskofd

Exactly.

Installation of a fresh Windows Server 2016/2019
Load the ISO provided by borzel
Tools installation with the Setup.exe
Reboot, that's it. Simple as VMware Tools

olivierlambert

Great news then! @borzel is there anything left before including this in 8.0 ISO?

borzel

@olivierlambert some minor things like branding

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues/181

borzel created this issue in xcp-ng/xcp

open XCP-ng Windows PV-Drivers 8.2.2 #181

ruskofd

Tested on Windows 10 1903 (French locale as usual), seems good too and easier than ever.
I let you know if something bad happens.

Biggen

So I haven't been able to install these drivers on Win 10 Pro 64-bit build 1903.
Running the setup.exe file, it goes through the motions until I get an error box that says "Windows Management Agent failed to install".

I then re-run setup and choose "Repair" and it goes through the motions and finally tells me at the end it was installed. However, upon reboot, I'm greeted with a BSOD and the stop code is "Inaccessible Boot Device.".

This is a brand new Win 10 install. I made sure to grab system updates first. I have to revert the snapshot to get the system back.

olivierlambert

What's the OS language? (yeah, it might be important in Windows world…)

Biggen

@olivierlambert said in XCP-ng Windows PV Drivers 8.2.2:

What's the OS language? (yeah, it might be important in Windows world…)

Its English. Just plain ol'e English USA x64 Win 10 Pro.

olivierlambert

Okay I'll try again to test to see if I can reproduce, but last time I did it worked well. Are you using the Win 10 template?