[Spice-devel] Windows QXL driver - low pixel depth, low resolution, laggard mouse

[Yaniv Kaul]

On 16/06/2011 19:26, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 11:19 -0400, Yaniv Kaul wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 10:22 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
>> <SNIP>
>>
>>> <snip>
>>> The first test of the signed drivers was on W2K8. Then it struck me
>>> that they might be signed specifically for W7 so I tried it there but
>>> with the same results. I'll try resigning the W7 drivers now - John
>> Win7 and Win2008 *R2* share the same signature. Win2008 and Vista share the same signature.
>> In short:
>> To view which folder corresponds to which operating system, double-click the .cat file in the driver folder and, on the Security Catalog tab, click a hash. Under Entry details, you will find the OSAttr, which means the following:
>>
>> 2.5.0 = Windows 2000
>> 2:5.1 = Windows XP
>> 2:5.2 = Windows Server 2003
>> 2:6.0 = Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
>> 2:6.1 = Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 x64
>>
>>
>> (from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463054 )
>> Y.
>>
> <snip>
> Thanks.  As you can probably tell, I am a Microsoft ignoramus.  Does
> that imply I can use the drivers I compiled and signed under W7 in my
> W2K8 server? We just had some splendid success on W7 with Alon's patch -
> John
>

2008/64bit isn't exactly the same, signature-wise, as 2008 R2. But 
besides that, the code (AFAIK) is the same.
Y.