[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] virt2phys: virtual to physical address translator for Windows

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

> > +Developing Windows Drivers
> > +==========================
> > +
> > +Prerequisites
> > +-------------
> > +
> > +Building Windows Drivers is only possible on Windows.
> > +
> > +1. Visual Studio 2019 Community or Professional Edition
> > +2. Windows Driver Kit (WDK) for Windows 10, version 1903  
> 
> Looks like WDK is licence is "Proprietary commercial software".
> 
> I am just wondering, Can we package this driver in binary form for
> end-users to whose scope
> is to not develop Windows DPDK but fixing any issues reported by build
> CI for Window due
> to generic EAL patches or so.

As cover letter says, this driver should not be required in the end. For
netUIO, Harini announced at Windows community call 2020-03-14 that it will be
freely available in binary form hosted by Microsoft. In general, publishing
driver binaries is OK, take virtio for example:
https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers
Driver signing is a different matter, but CI probably doesn't require it.

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Dmitry Kozlyuk