Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates
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According to The Register, Microsoft has blamed Intel dropping support for its existing Intel Atom Cloverview customers and not making new drivers for the chips as to why the new releases of Windows 10 will not be available for people running on those older processors. The implication here is that if you want longevity of device support, Intel may not be the best choice, especially when paired with Windows where legacy support requires the hardware vendors to be involved.
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So I don't understand something. The drivers/firmware that Intel released that work with 1607 aren't compatible with some change MS made to Windows for 1703?
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@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
So I don't understand something. The drivers/firmware that Intel released that work with 1607 aren't compatible with some change MS made to Windows for 1703?
They won't test them, I assume, and MS won't just "release old drivers and hope for the best."
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
So I don't understand something. The drivers/firmware that Intel released that work with 1607 aren't compatible with some change MS made to Windows for 1703?
They won't test them, I assume, and MS won't just "release old drivers and hope for the best."
who won't test them? MS? or Intel?
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@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
So I don't understand something. The drivers/firmware that Intel released that work with 1607 aren't compatible with some change MS made to Windows for 1703?
They won't test them, I assume, and MS won't just "release old drivers and hope for the best."
who won't test them? MS? or Intel?
Intel, it's Intel's job to test in the MS word.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
So I don't understand something. The drivers/firmware that Intel released that work with 1607 aren't compatible with some change MS made to Windows for 1703?
They won't test them, I assume, and MS won't just "release old drivers and hope for the best."
who won't test them? MS? or Intel?
Intel, it's Intel's job to test in the MS word.
I assume you mean MS World.
In otherwords, Intel is paying MS a ton of money to test the old processors, so Intel looks like the bad guy.
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@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
In otherwords, Intel is paying MS a ton of money to test the old processors, so Intel looks like the bad guy.
Huh?
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I meant Isn't.
As I understand it, vendors submit drivers, etc to MS, along with a bag of money, MS tests the stuff, then adds it to their driver store.
So you're saying Intel isn't paying MS to test anymore, because Intel considers it no longer supported.
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@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
As I understand it, vendors submit drivers, etc to MS, along with a bag of money, MS tests the stuff, then adds it to their driver store.
I don't believe that that is true. I think that the vendors have to make and validate their drivers and then pay for them to be signed. I'm unaware of MS doing the testing.
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@dashrender said in Microsoft Throws Intel Under the Bus for Windows 10 on Atom Cloverview Updates:
So you're saying Intel isn't paying MS to test anymore, because Intel considers it no longer supported.
No, you are saying that. I said nothing of the sort.
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If you make hardware, you test and sign the driver. Here is the doc:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/driver-signing
