> You can still update compliant drivers
If your customers aren't willing to install unsigned drivers (and none of mine are), then the new driver will have to be put through the HLK tests and submitted to Msft for signing.
My issue isn't so much the testing/signing process, but that I've had an HCK test suite setup for the past 4 years that has worked just fine. It will have to be replaced w/an HLK test setup, the release engineer and I will have to learn a new process, and possibly get a new signing cert. It's not a trivial process, but one we can work through.
> the main "victims" of this will be shitty vendors with buggy drivers that lagged in supporting newer Windows variants
Some of us have to support customers who are running old versions of Windows, and sometimes we just need to add new features.
Think about what you're saying. There's no reason to denigrate vendors. Also, it's not always about bug fixes. A lot of us really care about the quality of our drivers and our customer's experience. It helps everyone stay in business.
If your customers aren't willing to install unsigned drivers (and none of mine are), then the new driver will have to be put through the HLK tests and submitted to Msft for signing.
My issue isn't so much the testing/signing process, but that I've had an HCK test suite setup for the past 4 years that has worked just fine. It will have to be replaced w/an HLK test setup, the release engineer and I will have to learn a new process, and possibly get a new signing cert. It's not a trivial process, but one we can work through.
> the main "victims" of this will be shitty vendors with buggy drivers that lagged in supporting newer Windows variants
Some of us have to support customers who are running old versions of Windows, and sometimes we just need to add new features.
Think about what you're saying. There's no reason to denigrate vendors. Also, it's not always about bug fixes. A lot of us really care about the quality of our drivers and our customer's experience. It helps everyone stay in business.