Windows Real-time Hypervisor Update V7.1.2

The acontis Hypervisor solutions enable customer running deterministic hard Real-time applications alongside Windows 10.

The acontis product family offers various solutions to cover different customer requirements:

• EC-Win: Windows Real-time EtherCAT solution.
  See also: https://www.acontis.com/en/ethercat-windows-realtime.html
• LxWin: Windows Real-time extension and Hypervisor supporting Real-time Linux.
  See also: https://www.acontis.com/en/windows-realtime.html and https://www.acontis.com/en/windows-linux-realtime.html
• VxWin: Windows Real-time Hypervisor supporting VxWorks
  See also: https://www.acontis.com/en/vxworks-hypervisor.html
• RTOS32Win: Windows Real-time extension and Hypervisor supporting On Time RTOS-32
  See also: https://www.acontis.com/en/on-time-rtos-32.html

Microsoft has ended the ability to cross-sign drivers. Cross-signing of drivers is required by any Windows 64-bit OS prior to Windows 10. If a driver is not signed, Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 will not trust the driver and, as a result, will not load it. Starting with the V7.1.2 version the acontis Windows Real-time Hypervisor products will not support the 64 Bit versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.

Version 7.1.2 includes the following enhancements:

• Intel VT option: now supports RTOS devices behind different PCI root complex devices (required specifically on server processors)
• VxWin, RTOS32Win: Intel VT option not required on Windows 10 64 Bit versions when using Update Build Revision 1081 and later
• LxWin: Support AMD Ryzen CPUs
• LxWin: Maximum memory limit increased
  • up to 2,9 Gb for 32-bit Linux
  • up to 100Gb for 64-bit Linux
• LxWin: Linux kernel updated to version 4.9.275
• LxWin: Linux kernel includes support for serial port devices
• LxWin: Support for automatic date and time synchronization.
• LxWin: Improved real-time timer behavior by
  • using Local Apic TSC deadline mode by default
  • using the timer guard band: this will guarantee that no timer interrupts are generated within a user defined guard band around the Real-time timer event
• RTOS32Win: Update to On Time RTOS-32 version 6.23