Comment by PunchyHamster

9 hours ago

Windows isn't running entire fucking separate kernel to run wifi driver, the fuck you're talking about

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evanjrowley  8 hours ago

Definitely not independent kernels but my guess is he's referring to Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) - it gets turned on by default if your Win10/11 system has virtualization enabled.

  One such example security solution is memory integrity, which protects and hardens Windows by running kernel mode code integrity within the isolated virtual environment of VBS. Kernel mode code integrity is the Windows process that checks all kernel mode drivers and binaries before they're started, and prevents unsigned or untrusted drivers or system files from being loaded into system memory.

I suppose this applies to Wi-Fi drivers?

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/de...