2026-07-26 17:18 UTC
@aleksorsist@mastodon.social gratz!
I don't wannya know how much that cost, lmao.
And also good job for putting so much effort into Windows, you have a stronger will than I do. With how much of a pain in the ass it is to develop for and deal with I shove it down the support list below the BSDs and Solaris :v
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@aleksorsist@mastodon.social 2026-07-26 17:29
@lethalbit@chaos.social Thanks! For Microsoft to sign your driver, you need an EV cert, which I got from Digicert for $1000 (and $500/yr renewal). You also need a Microsoft business account which is something like $100 a year. To verify you for the hardware partner program, you also need to officially be a business (they use DUNS number iirc). Doing PCIe is the more pricey part, $4000 to join PCI-SIG last year with a $5000 renewal this year. This gets you a VID, since you need your own for the driver.