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*************  User Information guide for IT Windows Drivers  *************** 
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This Document tries to explain the Structure of the Release Package for IT Windows Drivers.

We have moved to new folder naming conventions which is as per Microsoft. This new naming convention is as per the release naming followed by Microsoft.

Below is the description of which driver to be used for which OS. The release order (RO) may not have all the OSes listed below,please refer the description 
of OSes which are present in RO.
		
	            Win2019_Server_RS5_LTSC_f18_ARM64  - It should be used for Windows 2019 RS5 server ARM64.
		    Win2019_Server_RS5_LTSC_f18_x64    - It should be used for Windows 2019 RS5 server x64.
 		    Win10_Client_RS5_LTSC_f18_x64      - It should be used for Windows 2019 RS5 Client x64.

 		    Win10_22H2_Client_x64              - It should be used for Windows 10 22H2 Client X64.

		    Win2022_Server_LTSC_xARM4          - It should be used for Windows Server 2022 xARM64.
         	    Win2022_Server_LTSC_x64            - It should be used for Windows Server 2022 x64.
 		    Win11_21H2_Client_x64              - It should be used for Windows 11 21H2 Client X64.

 		    Win11_22H2_Client_x64              - It should be used for Windows 11 22H2 Client X64.
	
	Note - For Switch driver (mpi2ses), in Release Order (RO), all the drivers may not be WHQL certified.  

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	 Important Message to Customer for Critcom 2019-42: IT Drivers for Windows Activation of Retpoline Security
     As part of Phase 13, IT drivers for Windows 10 and Windows Server have activated the Microsoft Retpoline security fix. 
     Users deploying these drivers need to have reviewed and understood the Customer Advisory 2019-42. 
     The customer needs to take steps to patch their Windows 10 and/or Windows Server 2016 installs BEFORE loading the drivers.
     There is no minimum patch level required for Windows Server 2019 before using our drivers. The driver package contains a 
	 copy of the complete Customer Advisory, but here are additional details to be considered: 
     IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE: For Windows Server 2016 (RS1 thru RS4), customer MUST be at or beyond the patch level indicated
	 in customer advisory before installing a Broadcom Retpoline enabled driver to avoid a system crash
     Drivers for  IT Phase 13 Windows drivers must not be installed until the OS has been patched to at least that level. 
     If the required patch level is not applied, there is a very good chance it will cause an unrecoverable system crash.  
     If that occurs, it will require an involved recovery procedure to get the machine to boot again, causing significant down time.
     Please make sure the entire customer advisory is read and understood before continuing.
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	Important Message to User: If there are instances of Test or HDC signed drivers present in the Windows
	Driver Store and the user tries to update to WHQL drivers (with bcdedit /set testsigning OFF), the installation 
	may not be successful, it could result in system boot issues or system crash.In that scenario, it is suggested to
	force delete those driver entries using pnputil before proceeding with WHQL driver update.  
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