Changeset 106833 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/win

Timestamp:

Nov 5, 2024 12:28:16 PM (4 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

165744

Message:

HostDrivers/win: Adjusted load.cmd and loadall.cmd to detect network drives and load the drivers off C:\Users\bird\AppData\Local\Temp instead. jiraref:VBP-1253

Location:

trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/win

Files:

• load.cmd (modified) (1 diff)
• loadall.cmd (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/win/load.cmd

@@ -52 +52 @@
 :dir_okay
 rem
-rem We don't use the driver files directly any more because of win10 keeping the open,
-rem so create an alternative directory for the binaries.
+rem We don't use the driver files directly any more because of win10 keeping them 
+rem open, so create an alternative directory for the binaries.  Another reason is
+rem loading drivers via network shares, in which case we just use temp.
 rem
 set MY_ALTDIR=%MY_DIR%\..\LoadedDrivers
+if not "%MY_ALTDIR:~1:1" == ":" goto alt_dir_remote
+net use "%MY_ALTDIR:~0:1" > nul 2>nul && goto alt_dir_remote
+goto alt_dir_done
+:alt_dir_remote
+set MY_ALTDIR=%TMP%\VBoxLoadedDrivers
+:alt_dir_done
 if not exist "%MY_ALTDIR%" mkdir "%MY_ALTDIR%"
 

trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/win/loadall.cmd

@@ -52 +52 @@
 :dir_okay
 rem
-rem We don't use the driver files directly any more because of win10 keeping the open,
-rem so create an alternative directory for the binaries.
+rem We don't use the driver files directly any more because of win10 keeping them 
+rem open, so create an alternative directory for the binaries.  Another reason is
+rem loading drivers via network shares, in which case we just use temp.
 rem
 set MY_ALTDIR=%MY_DIR%\..\LoadedDrivers
+if not "%MY_ALTDIR:~1:1" == ":" goto alt_dir_remote
+net use "%MY_ALTDIR:~0:1" > nul 2>nul && goto alt_dir_remote
+goto alt_dir_done
+:alt_dir_remote
+set MY_ALTDIR=%TMP%\VBoxLoadedDrivers
+:alt_dir_done
 if not exist "%MY_ALTDIR%" mkdir "%MY_ALTDIR%"