Re: [Libusb-win32-devel] Antwort: 64-bit support

[Spiro T. <an-...@sp...>]

Hello Paarvai,

* On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 11:01:17AM -0800 Paarvai Naai wrote:

> The
> impression I had was that Microsoft wants to keep the kernel mode code
> signing (KMCS) separate from WHQL.  The INF gets signed and hashed as
> part of the WHQL process.

Indeed, you are right. I confused all of this.

> There is discussion in the kmsigning.doc that specifically says that
> you can release a driver *without* WHQL as long as you follow KMCS.

Yes, I was aware of this, but I totally forgot that signing the INF is
part of WHQL, not of KMCS.

> Sprio, did you look through that document above and find something
> contradictory, or are you working of some other reference?

I have had a look into that document more than once, but not recently.
What I had written was from my memory, and it seems I was confused "a
little bit".

So, please disregard my previous statements.

> Personally, I'm unclear on all of this and Microsoft's documentation
> hasn't been the greatest here.  Sadly, the only way to really be sure
> would be to try this all out or here from someone who has.

We could ask this question on the MS newsgroups; questions regarding
signing are rather common there. It might be better to search for
something there, as there have been many questions regarding this.

However, even if this is possible: We would still need someone who is
willing to sign the driver.

BTW: I have another driver project (http://sf.net/projects/opencbm)
where I would want at least the 64 bit driver to be signed. ;)

Gruß,
   Spiro.

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