WinPE driver packages and driver management

Hello all -

When uploading WinPE driver packages into the driver library, do they need to be bound to specific models, or is there OSD software going to seek out and find the correct driver based on hardware ID’s or some other form of black magic? Is simply having them in the library without binding them to a particular model good enough?

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Hello Entaille,
When WinPE is used in bare metal deployments, the binding is performed by the OSD/PXE Server that performs some logic computation based on hardware id not taking into account the model bind information.
On the contrary, when the WinPE is used in reimage scenarios, the binding is performed during the reimage using the hardware id and taking the model bind information into account.
Regards
Antonio

This is old, but: I figure its also needed.
You can optionally select hardware models to bind to the imported drivers. If
you do not bind the drivers to any specific models, they are imported and
managed using “best match” criteria, after the other drivers that you have
bound to specific models.