Release 3.4.1 of the Oracle VM PV Drivers for Microsoft Windows introduces new features and enhancements along with a cumulative list of bug fixes.
New Features and Enhancements
Release 3.4.1 provides the following new features and enhancements:
Oracle VM PV Drivers for Microsoft Windows now supports Microsoft Windows 10.
As of this release, Oracle VM PV Drivers for Microsoft Windows provides informative notifications to help you troubleshoot common installation issues.
Oracle VM PV Drivers for Microsoft Windows introduces multipage ring buffer support in this release.
The Oracle VM PV Drivers for Microsoft Windows installation program now verifies that the guest operating system is supported. If a user attempts to install Oracle VM PV Drivers for Microsoft Windows on Microsoft Windows XP, or other operating system that is not supported, the installation program notifies the user.
The Oracle VM PV Drivers for Microsoft Windows Release 3.4.1 have not been signed by Microsoft for the Windows software logo program. Because the Oracle VM Paravirtual Drivers for Microsoft Windows are not signed, Microsoft Windows does not recognize them as compatible and a security alert occurs during installation. See Section 9.1, “Security Alert for Unsigned Drivers”.
Notable Bug Fixes
Release 3.4.1 provides a cumulative update of fixes, as follows:
Microsoft Windows blue screen occurs during installation on Windows Server 2003 R2. Bug 23232273
Windows blue screen occurs during the uninstallation process. Bug 23198931
Windows blue screen occurs during the upgrade process. Bug 22482031
Installer properties do not provide a build version. Bug 23198943
Build number is not included as part of the release version. Bug 22589921
Cannot create a dump file when Windows blue screen occurs. Bug 23102589
Windows virtual machines reboots when using the Iperf3 tool and the virtual machine MTU is set to 9000. Bug 23032144
The Microsoft Windows device manager displays a black exclamation point (!) on a yellow field next to Oracle VM Virtual Ethernet Adapter after installation. Bug 23022322
Low network throughput on Windows virtual machine. Bug 22657587
Cannot dynamically access grant references for page ring order. Bug 22518244
Virtual machine network TX performance issue when pinned to the NUMA node #0. Bug 22342913
Virtual machines do not function as expected when using a Xen driver domain. Bug 22243923
Windows domU behaves unexpectedly when using the Iperf tool with the MTU set to 9000 in the ethernet adapter properties. Bug 22203768
Network delays occur after installation. Bug 22201572
Windows blue screen occurs when running network performance tests. Bug 22058506
Windows guests do not inherit IP addresses after installation. Bug 21845785
RDP communication does not function after installation on Windows Server 2012. Bug 21803860
Network performance issues occur after installation. Bug 21458061
Cannot communicate with Windows guests using RDP or the Oracle VM console, even though the guests are running. Bug 21457678
The Xen VBD driver causes a Windows blue screen to occur when running network performance tests. Bug 21373489
Running network performance testing with the MTU set to 9000 on a guest causes Windows blue screen to occur. Bug 21303484