Package Details: virtio-win 0.1.248.1-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/virtio-win.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: virtio-win
Description: virtio drivers for Windows 7 and newer guests
Upstream URL: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-windows-virtual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/index.html
Keywords: images iso qemu windows
Licenses: BSD-3-Clause
Submitter: jetm
Maintainer: jetm
Last Packager: jetm
Votes: 99
Popularity: 2.38
First Submitted: 2015-08-12 23:17 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-03-01 12:53 (UTC)

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jetm commented on 2021-07-02 17:04 (UTC)

After the virtio-win 0.1.196 update, note these two changes:

  • ISO image is copied at /var/lib/libvirt/images

  • The Windows XP floppies are not distributed anymore as upstream remove the support

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shaybox commented on 2021-06-12 21:49 (UTC)

the images should probably be installed into the default image directory /var/lib/libvirt/images not a random directory

RogueGirl commented on 2020-10-12 10:51 (UTC) (edited on 2020-10-12 10:52 (UTC) by RogueGirl)

@ph3nix you should probably use "spice-guest-tools-windows" package for older than windows 8 oses

ph3nix commented on 2020-10-02 17:55 (UTC)

Either the package is broken or the description is inaccurate. Inserting the iso into a Windows 7 machine and trying to install fails with:

OS must be Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 or higher.

It seems like fedora dropped Windows 7 support? Which would seem odd because they still distribute Windows XP floppies. Not sure what is going on or where to report this issue.

jetm commented on 2020-02-01 01:55 (UTC)

@yan12125 Updated the license. Thanks!

yan12125 commented on 2020-01-31 10:06 (UTC)

Are those binaries are licensed under GPL2? From virtio-win_license.txt in virtio-win.iso, those files look like to be licensed with 3-clause BSD.

jetm commented on 2018-11-27 21:13 (UTC)

@dreieck: Thank you for the new URL. I have updated the package with the new URL.

dreieck commented on 2018-11-27 19:10 (UTC)

Please update the url to url=<https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-windows-virtual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/index.html>.

The current setting <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers> says

This page has been moved to /en-US/quick-docs/creating-windows-virtual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/index.html. You are encouraged to update your bookmark or link. You will automatically be redirected in 5 seconds.

<deleted-account> commented on 2017-07-21 12:08 (UTC)

Can't get full memory stats from ballooning driver. Any suggestions? Yeah, I already set the statistics period, but: [code] virsh # qemu-monitor-command win7 '{ "execute": "qom-get", "arguments": { "path": "/machine/peripheral/balloon0", "property": "guest-stats" } }' {"return":{"stats":{"stat-swap-out":-1,"stat-available-memory":-1,"stat-free-memory":-1,"stat-minor-faults":-1,"stat-major-faults":-1,"stat-total-memory":-1,"stat-swap-in":-1},"last-update":1500637658},"id":"libvirt-471"} [/code]

jetm commented on 2017-01-18 01:36 (UTC)

Hi @eworm, @jevv and @TingPing: I uploaded a new revision that joins the version to the source filenames. It will avoid issues with makepkg and pacaur. The installation is kept unversioned to take advantage of what @jevv explained. Thank you all for the suggestion, feedback, and clarification. Much appreciated.

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