[fedora-virt] Why is finding windows spice drivers so hard?

[Gavin Spurgeon]

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On 15/12/10 15:04, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 09:05:21AM +0000, Gavin Spurgeon wrote:
>>> These packages will be signed but not WHQL'd so you will have to make
>>> a small registry edit in your Windows guest in order to install them.
>>> You can use virt-win-reg[2] to do that in an automated way.  (One
>>> thing you can do to help is to publish the precise method to do this --
>>> I know it's possible, but haven't worked out the details).
>>
>> If you can tell me what you need to do, I will look into this for you
>> and get back with info asap.
>>
>> I think you may be talking about the reg key that allows users to
>> install unsigned drivers, But I just want to be 100% Sure.
> 
> Yes, this precisely.  And make a virt-win-reg[1] script to change that
> key as required, then test that it all works with a Windows guest.
> And document what versions of Windows it does/doesn't work for.
> 
> The idea is that we would supply this script along with the
> (un-WHQL'd) drivers.  The script would allow the unsigned drivers to
> be installed in the shut-down Windows guest (from the host).
> Eventually the script would be extended to install the drivers as
> well[2].

I will get on this and get back to the list (and you Directly) with the
stuff needed.

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