Xen users - Aug 2009 - How to install the InputVSC driver ?

Hi,

 

We have an issue when execute the next procedure :

 

The InputVSC driver requires the Linux Integration Components to be installed,
and supports the same guest distro versions.

To install the InputVSC driver: (you must be root:)

1. Download and attach the .ISO file to a Hyper-V guest with the Linux
Integration Components already installed.

2. Copy the contents of the .ISO to the desired directory

3. Run setup.pl with the inputdriver argument: 

# ./setup.pl inputdriver 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.xen.org/download/satori.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/simoncr/
<http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/simoncr/>

 

The Tale of an Enlightened Mouse
<http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/simoncr/2009/03/24/The+Tale+of+an+Enlightened+Mouse>

posted in XenServer - Server Virtualization
<http://community.citrix.com/blogs/group/server-virtualization>   and  CTO
Office <http://community.citrix.com/blogs/group/cto>  by Simon Crosby
<http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/simoncr/profile>

 

Satori <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satori>  was the original project
name for the first XenSource / Microsoft project under which we delivered 
components to Microsoft (for free download for use with Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V)to enable Xen-ready Linux guest OSes to run with optimal performance on
the Hyper-V hypervisor.  This involved developing an adapter that ensured that
what we call paravirtualized
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravirtualization>  (and Microsoft calls
enlightened) Xen VMs could interface directly to the hypercall API of the
Hyper-V hypervisor and run with optimal performance, while respecting the need
for a clear line of separation between GPL and proprietary code bases.


In addition to the Satori hypercall adapter Satori delivered  enlightened disk
(StorVSC) and network (NetVSC) drivers for Xen-enabled Linux guests on Hyper-V,
that interface directly to the I/O Virtualization Stack in the Parent Partition
of the hypervisor via the VMBus ABI.  This optimizes virtualized I/O for high
performance and removes the need for emulation of legacy hardware.  Hyper-V VMs
are completely compatible with the now free XenServer virtual infrastructure
platform <http://www.xenserver5.com>  as a result of our close attention
to driver and virtual hardware compatibility with Microsoft.


We are now adding an enlightened mouse driver (InputVSC) to offer major
usability enhancements for Linux guests on Hyper-V.   The reason for the delay
in releasing this driver is that it requires interaction with part of the USB
framework in Linux, for which no GPL exports are available. To workaround this
limitation the InputVSC driver code is based on a back-port of the HID driver
used in upstream versions of Linux which does have GPL exports.  Code linked
with the back-ported HID driver also needs to be released as GPL v2, which is
what xen.org <http://www.xen.org>  has now done. You can download the
InputVSC driver for Linux guests for Hyper-V here
<http://www.xen.org/download/satori.html> .   (the enlightened mouse comes
from [here|http://www.childrensillustrators.com/illustratorDetails.cgi/32627])

 

 

 

Best regards,

 

 

Jesús H. Mendez A.

mailto:humberto.mendez.a@gmail.com

 

 

 

 





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