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Binary drivers are provided by some Linux distributions including WHQL Certified drivers. | Binary drivers are provided by some Linux distributions including WHQL Certified drivers. | ||
64-bit versions of Windows Vista and newer (this currently includes Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2) require the drivers to be [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487332 digitally signed] to load. | |||
If your distribution does not provide binary drivers for Windows, you can use the package from the Fedora Project. These drivers are digitally signed, and will work on 64-bit versions of Windows: | |||
If your distribution does not provide binary drivers the | |||
[http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/ Latest VirtIO drivers for Windows from Fedora ] | |||
Revision as of 10:24, 18 September 2011
Windows VirtIO Drivers
The source for the Windows drivers is in a git repository on kernel.org
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-windows.git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-windows.git;a=summary
Binary Drivers
Binary drivers are provided by some Linux distributions including WHQL Certified drivers.
64-bit versions of Windows Vista and newer (this currently includes Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2) require the drivers to be digitally signed to load.
If your distribution does not provide binary drivers for Windows, you can use the package from the Fedora Project. These drivers are digitally signed, and will work on 64-bit versions of Windows:
Latest VirtIO drivers for Windows from Fedora
Code signing drivers for the Windows 64bit platforms
- Drivers should be signed for Windows 64bit platforms.
- Here are some links how to self sign and install self signed drivers: