Re: [win-pv-devel] [PATCH] Add a user mode library wrapper for XENIFACE IOCTLs

['Marek Marczykowski-Górecki' <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 03:33:32PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Durrant
> > Sent: 12 July 2018 09:05
> > To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>; 'Marek Marczykowski-Górecki'
> > <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Rafal Wojdyla
> > <omeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: [win-pv-devel] [PATCH] Add a user mode library wrapper for
> > XENIFACE IOCTLs
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > [snip]
> > >
> > > I tried building the new code but I have the same problem. Unfortunately I
> > > have the same problem building master. So it appears that something in
> > the
> > > latest version of Visual Studio has completely borked the xeniface build.
> > > Other drivers seem to be fine, but without meaningful error messages it
> > may
> > > take me some time to figure out what on earth Is going on.
> > >
> > 
> > The issue appears to be across all drivers if I do fresh clones so I can 
> > only
> > assume my environment is totally screwed after attempting to update to the
> > latest vs2017. I'm going to re-install everything and see if I can make it 
> > work.
> > 
> 
> I think I've got to the bottom of this and the issue is running the build on 
> Windows 10 1803 (and may be specific to having the bash subsystem enabled)...
> 
> It appears that Microsoft made NTFS case sensitive in 1803 with no global way 
> of turning this off. Visual studio generates various pathnames with incorrect 
> case and so, whereas this was fine with a case insensitive file system, it 
> now completely breaks things.
> Still looking for a workaround.

Oh, that seems like a major change, I wouldn't expect it, not without a
major announcement earlier. But bash subsystem might be related - are
you starting a build from there? Try starting a build from cmd.

-- 
Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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