Add more versions of the same driver, is possible? (Intel RST)

[Josef1975]

Actually I built two iso (Win10 22h2 & Win11 23h2) to be used on several PCs; some with 10th gen cpu, other 11 or 12th gen.
As described in another thread my problem is integration of intel RST drivers: there are lot of versions, i.e. 19.xx for 11-12-13 gen, 20.xx for 12-13-14 gen, 18.xx for 10-11gen etc.
I can't integrate more than one version (I get the error "existing item"); is there a way to do this? to gain support for all chipset/cpu from 9 to 14 gen?
thank you!

 

[nuhi]

Hi,

if the HWIDs are the same in all those INFs for a given chipset, even if all are integrated in parallel, Windows would pick the newest or the one with the highest version number.
Better would be to have separate editions for each chipset and choose during ISO bootup which one to deploy.

If the HWIDs are different, and you know for sure that different folders have totally differently hardware supported, which I doubt, there must be overlap, then try renaming the INF file to begin with and see if that allows for inserting it for integration.

If you choose to go split editions, update the one you want, save changes, then before loading it:
right-click on an edition and Export it to the same image and answer append, not overwrite, when prompted.
Then rename that edition to something that would let you know which one is that and integrate the driver just to it.
Problem might be the boot.wim - I hope your setup starts anyway and you are just interested in the install.wim/post install result.

Btw a user even removes the Windows built-in driver so that setup picks the integrated one since it's older, this is just a bonus tip if you see it not picking up the driver you wanted.

 

[Josef1975]

thank you, so I did the .inf rename, and then I was able to add old rst driver even if the new one were present..
but then, like you said, windows pick up the newest... so for example on my first test pc (i7 11th gen cpu) windows always choose 20.xx driver even if 19.xx are also present... so I can't see SSD on boot; on second test pc (i5 12th gen cpu) ssd show up as expected (so I'm sure that intel rst driver is working).
so the only way is the split editions or, more easily, add some folders in the usb key with all the drivers you need, so you can choose during setup the right one.