Technical Document #4

Technical Document #4
What operating systems and their respective versions does WinDriver support?

This document outlines the operating systems suppot in the latest WinDriver versions.


PCI/ISA

WinDriver PCI/ISA supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows:
    • On x86 32-bit: Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2003, and XP
    • On x86 64-bit: Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, Server 2008 x64, Server 2003 x64, Server 2003 x64, and XP x64

  • Windows CE (a.k.a. Windows Embedded Compact):
    Windows CE 4.x–7.x (including Windows Mobile) running x86, MIPS, or ARM

  • Mac OS X:
    • On x86 32-bit: Mac OS X 10.5.x and 10.6.x
    • On x86 64-bit (x86_64): Mac OS X 10.6.x
    • On PowerPC 32-bit: Mac OS X 10.5.x

    NOTE:

    • Jungo strives to support new Mac OS X versions as close as possible to their release. To find out the latest supported versions, refer to the WinDriver release notes.
    • WinDriver for Mac OS X supports PCI and PCI Express hardware. It does not support ISA, EISA, and CardBus hardware.

  • Linux:
    • On x86 32-bit: Linux 2.2.x–2.6.x kernels
    • On x86 64-bit (x86_64): Linux 2.4.x–2.6.x kernels
    • On PowerPC 32-bit: Linux 2.4.x–2.6.x kernels
    • On PowerPC 64-bit: Linux 2.6.x kernels

    NOTE: Jungo strives to support new Linux kernel versions as close as possible to their release. To find out the latest supported kernel version, refer to the latest WinDriver release notes.




USB

WinDriver USB supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows:
    • On x86 32-bit: Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2003, and XP
    • On x86 64-bit: Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, Server 2008 x64, Server 2003 x64, Server 2003 x64, and XP x64

  • Windows CE (a.k.a. Windows Embedded Compact):
    Windows CE 4.x–7.x (including Windows Mobile) running x86, MIPS, or ARM

  • Linux:
    • On x86 32-bit: Linux 2.4.x–2.6.x kernels
    • On x86 64-bit (x86_64): Linux 2.4.x–2.6.x kernels

    NOTE: Jungo strives to support new Linux kernel versions as close as possible to their release. To find out the latest supported kernel version, refer to the latest WinDriver release notes.




PCMCIA

WinDriver PCMCIA supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows:
    • On x86 32-bit: Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2003, and XP
    • On x86 64-bit: Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, Server 2008 x64, Server 2003 x64, Server 2003 x64, and XP x64




For more information relating to when the support for each operating system and the related service packs was introduced, please review Technical Document #50 and the WinDriver Release Notes.