Display Virtualization Drivers for Nova Lake-S

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5/21/2026

Introduction

This is the Windows Zero Copy version which is applicable for Nova Lake-S. This is required to perform SRIOV and KVM Multi-OS operations.

Available Downloads

  • Linux*
  • Size: 1.8 MB
  • SHA256: 8929D2C73139555D215CBB2C41C898D0AAF113ED1F213E000C7526B3CD4E123F

Detailed Description

Introduction:

This is the Windows* Zero Copy version, which is applicable for Nova Lake‑S Beta.

Detail Description:

The Display Virtualization Drivers for the Nova Lake S package provide Windows display virtualization support for virtual machine environments on Nova Lake S platforms.

The package includes User-Mode Driver (UMD) and Kernel-Mode Driver (KMD) components and is based on the Windows Indirect Display Driver (IDD) model. The UMD handles display processing, while communication with the KMD occurs via an IOCTL interface. The KMD further interfaces with the host Linux QEMU hypervisor using the virtio protocol to share display frames. The driver uses a zero-copy design and supports key features such as multi-monitor configurations, hot plug detection (HPD), and hardware cursor.

Supported Platforms

  • Processor Platforms: Intel® Nova Lake platforms
  • Platform Phase: Nova Lake platform Beta releases

Supported Operating Systems

  • Host OS: Ubuntu* 24.04
  • Guest OS: Windows* 11

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