[Spice-devel] [qxl-wddm-dod] Prevent installation on OSes earlier than Windows 8

[Sameeh Jubran]

ping.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Sameeh Jubran <sameeh at daynix.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:16 PM, Frediano Ziglio <fziglio at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > Limited the installation of the driver to Windows 8 and up
>> > in order to prevent false driver installation on unsupported OSes
>> > which lead to BSODs.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Basil Salman <basil at daynix.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Sameeh Jubran <sameeh at daynix.com>
>> > ---
>> >  qxldod/qxldod.inx | 4 ++--
>> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/qxldod/qxldod.inx b/qxldod/qxldod.inx
>> > index 180275d..5c08305 100755
>> > --- a/qxldod/qxldod.inx
>> > +++ b/qxldod/qxldod.inx
>> > @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ QxlDod_Files_Driver = 12
>> >  ;
>> >
>> >  [Manufacturer]
>> > -%RHEL%=RHEL,NT$ARCH$
>> > +%RHEL%=RHEL,NT$ARCH$.6.2
>> >
>> > -[RHEL.NT$ARCH$]
>> > +[RHEL.NT$ARCH$.6.2]
>> >  %RHELQxl.DeviceDesc% = QxlDod_Inst, PCI\VEN_1B36&DEV_0100&SUBSYS_1
>> 1001AF4
>> >
>> >  [QxlDod_Files_Driver]
>>
>> Off topic: as an extra safety, cannot the driver check the version of
>> Windows?
>>
> This can be done in the driver too, however, I think this would be
> superfluous as the driver must be installed using the inf file which
> prevents this scenario in the first place.
>
>>
>> Frediano
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>
>
>
> --
> Respectfully,
> *Sameeh Jubran*
> *Linkedin <https://il.linkedin.com/pub/sameeh-jubran/87/747/a8a>*
> *Software Engineer @ Daynix <http://www.daynix.com>.*
>



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Respectfully,
*Sameeh Jubran*
*Linkedin <https://il.linkedin.com/pub/sameeh-jubran/87/747/a8a>*
*Software Engineer @ Daynix <http://www.daynix.com>.*
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