Re: [Xen-devel] State of GPLPV and Windows 8

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Direct IDE seems a bit risky... it's all black box stuff though so anything 
> goes :)
> 

True. IIRC Microsoft removed all their int10 code from Win8 though... was just 
wondering if they did the same thing with int13. 

> I've been doing a bit more reading and it seems that win8 is able to involve
> the storport drive in the restore process too, I think. From
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
> us/library/windows/hardware/ff563901%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> 
> DumpMode
> A value indicating the use of the miniport during dump mode. This member is
> included starting with Windows 8. It can have one of the following values.
> DUMP_MODE_CRASH - The miniport in dump mode is used for a crashdump.
> DUMP_MODE_HIBER - The miniport in dump mode is used for a hibernation.
> DUMP_MODE_MARK_MEMORY - The miniport in dump mode is used for
> marking required memory.
> DUMP_MODE_RESUME - The miniport in dump mode is used for a resume
> from hibernation.
> 

Interesting. I'll have a read too.

> In order to play with that I'd need to download the win8 DDK (the visual
> studio based one) which I'm not real keen on doing just yet...
> 

I sympathize. I've been through the pain. I wouldn't want to do it again.

Cheers,

    Paul


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