Network driver installation

TheMSsForum.com: The Microsoft Software Forum

The MSS Forum ‹ Drivers
- Archive
  - Biz
  - MCSE
  - CRM
  - Drivers
  - Framework
  - ADO
  - ASP
  - Compact
  - Forms
  - Dotnet
  - C#
  - VB
  - FontpageGen
  - Excel
  - WorkSheet
  - Exchange
  - Setup
  - Fox
  - Fontpage
  - ASP
  - IIS
  - Entourage
  - Money
  - Messanger
  - PocketPC
  - Powerpoint
  - Project
  - Publisher
  - Excel
  - VB
  - Security
  - Portal
  - Services
  - SQLServerDev
  - SVCS
  - SQLServer
  - VB
  - VC
  - MFC
  - ExcelGen

- Previous
  - 1
    - Pending IOCTLs and Slow User Mode Response I've written an NDIS IM driver that forwards notifications to a user-mode app via a pended IOCTL. The app has 32 threads that simply call DeviceIoControl and then queue the notification up for another consumer thread. The problem that I'm seeing is that under heavy stress, where the driver needs to notify the app, I see the number of IOCTLs plumbed by the app stop, with the result that the driver runs out of pending IOCTLS/IRPs. Each thread of the user mode app calls DeviceIoControl() in a non-overlapped manner. Would calling this with an overlapped structure (and opening the file with FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED) help? Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65632
  - 2
    - [Audio Driver] - Volume Control Is there any guy who can control the volume in a driver? We have a filter driver which catch a data from the stream and process the data then put it back to original stream. I found some problems in dealing with the audio data so I want to set the volume, especially microphone volume. In case of Master Volume, I can get this information from KSPROPERTY, KSPROPERTY_AUDIO_VOLUMELEVEL, but I can't get any information about microphone volume from this. So question is that How can I get the volume level of Microphone or Line-in? Thank you. SAM Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65622
  - 3
    - Installing Port Monitor INFs Programmatically Is it possible to programmatically install a port monitor without using AddMonitor or the Server Properties UI? I ask becuase I have tried to use InstallHinfSection to install the ddk sample portmonitor and that fails. Also using "install" from the inf context menu fails. Is this unsupported or is there possibly something wrong with the inf file... or the parameters to InstallHinf section? Thanks -- Steven Velez Hanna Strategies Sr. Software Engineer Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65620
  - 4
    - Is this code SMP safe? Hi, I am new at driver programming. I was wondering is the following code is SMP safe or would I need spinlocks around the indicated statements. //My device extension declaration typedef struct _DEVICE_EXTENSION { PIRP pCurrIrp; BOOL start; KEVENT evIoctl; } DEVICE_EXTENSION, *PDEVICE_EXTENSION; //My Dispatch routine (called w/ PASSIVE_IRQL) NTSTATUS MyDispatchRoutine(..., IN IRP pIrp) { ... //myPdx points to my device extension ... switch (controlCode) { case IOCTL_GET: if (!myPdx->start) <====spinlocks around this needed? { //IoCompleteRequest with error and exit } if (myPdx->pCurrIrp) <====spinlocks around this needed? { //IoCompleteRequest with busy error and exit } ........ InterlockedExchangePointer((PVOID*)&myPdx->pCurrIrp, pIrp); //wake worker thread KeSetEvent(&myPdx->evIoctl, IO_NO_INCREMENT, FALSE); ....... break; case IOCTL_START: InterlockedExchange((LONG*)&(myPdx->start), TRUE ); .... ....//IoCompleteRequest with ok break; ..... ..... } } //My executive worker thread which is signalled by the IOCTL above // (called w/ PASSIVE_IRQL) void MyWorkerThread(void) { ...//myPdx points to my device extension PIRP pIrp; ... ...//Acquire mutex (stored in dev. extnsion; not shown) to serialize ...// this thread execution vs. other instances of this thread ... if (myPdx->bCaptureSound) <====spinlocks around this needed? { KeWaitForSingleObject(&myPdx->evIoctl, Executive, KernelMode, FALSE, NULL); KeClearEvent(&myPdx->evIoctl); pIrp = myPdx->pCurrIrp; <====spinlocks around this needed? ........ InterlockedExchangePointer((PVOID *)&myPdx->pCurrIrp, NULL); ........//do other stuff .......//release mutex acquired above for serialization } I have indicated where I am confused about the spinlock thing. For writing to any variables in my device extension I use the InterlockedXXX functions but during reading of those variables, do I need spinlocks or some other protection? My understanding is that any "regular" read statement (such as "pIrp = myPdx->pCurrIrp") comprises of multiple machine instructions (ie. non-atomic) during which the scheduler can swap out the process and another process can modify the data resulting in corruption. Is this reasoning correct?? On a uniprocessor system I have seen that the worker thread execution is interspersed with the dispatch routine. But since in the worker thread I am working with the pointer to myPdx->pCurrIrp called pIrp, the dispatch routine is free to modify myPdx->pCurrIrp. So things work out fine w/ no lost IRPs. I wonder if things would change in an SMP machine. I know I asked a mouthfull (screenfull?) and I appreciate all tips. Thanks & Regards, James Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65619
  - 5
    - IOCTL level information on SMB.sys for Windows 2003... Hi, I was wondering if anybody would have any information on the IOCTL data to talk to the SMB.sys driver in Windows 2003. The SMB.sys driver comes from Intel and I am having a big difficulty in getting any information from Intel as nobody responds and all I get is redirection at Intel. Any information would be deeply appreciated. All I am trying to do is send some I2C commands that the SMB.sys can fulfill for my application via the SMBclass.sys and SMBhc.sys drivers. Please send me a note at ganguly2004@hotmail.com Thanks SG -- SG, Device Driver writer Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65615
  - 6
    - SysHook and STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION Hi, Recently I've attempt to write a driver in order to hook any registry access using the KeServiceDescriptorTable and then subst the table entry with my function. If I use the this code only for logging (ie. RegMon) it's all ok, but if I try to modify the parameter all the Zwxx function give me a STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION: for example: - if the key that the application want to open is \Registry\Machine\Software\Test I create (ExAllocatePool) a new POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES and relative PUNICODE_STRING - then I call the RealZwOpenKey (the real KeServiceDescriptorTable's function) but If I do so the function give me the error. But, If I dehook the ZwOpenKey and the I call ZwOpenKey the Fn is Ok. But dehooking this Fn isn't good (some access could be lost). It seems that the real ZwOpenKey's code can't or don't want access the memory allocated by the driver... thank's Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65602
  - 7
    - Reading psoSrc data in DrvCopyBits provides not correct results Hi, I have a problem to read an image from the source "psoSrc" in function DrvCopyBits. The image has alwas a black line at the right and bottom. Please tell me how I should read it to receive the correct data. Thanks for help. AF Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65600
  - 8
    - Requirements for including Driver on Longhorn CD? Hi, What is the requirements or process of including our XP signed driver in Longhorn CD (including BETA)?. We got a MS signed and WHQL qualified driver for XP. We would like our driver to include in Longhorn CD. Is there anyone that we can contact to? Regards Maung Bandu Brainboxes Ltd. Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65597
  - 9
    - Extract custom PPD-features in print processor. Hi. I have to write a print processor that extracts custom features added to the PPD-file of a PS printer. To my understanding, the features are saved in the private area of DEVMODE, but I can't find them. When I use WinPrint and RAW, the features are included in the output, so I know it's possible. /Erik Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65595
  - 10
    - 64-bit driver compile error hello everyone: I tried to compile my driver codes in 64-bit computer with windows2003 SP1 DDK. Got error code: NMAKE " fatel error U1073: don't know how to make 'objchk_wnet_AMD64\unicode.obj What's the possible error? In fact there is no unicode.c file in my source file. thanx your attention ! Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65592
  - 11
    - How can I get the NDIS driver? I have to do the project about Indoor Wireless Positioning System. I implement with JAVA ...so how can i get NDIS pls help me.. .I just started for a few time Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65589
  - 12
    - Neophyte question on SMP & mutexes Hi, Do mutexes protect against concurrent access from another CPU? I have a worker thread which acquires a mutex before a critical section and then releases it. If, on an SMP machine, another instance of this thread executes, would it also be serialized by the same mutex? Also, generally speaking, when is it better to use spinlocks? My driver uses mutexes only. Regards, James Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65583
  - 13
    - WinDbg Variable checking Is there like a magic trick to see the content of my variables all I see is the parameters. I can't even see my locals ??? Denis Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65568
  - 14
    - Filter Driver Install How do I specify on my INF installation file that a particular filter driver needs to run as LowerFilters to the PCI Bus? Hendrix Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65562
  - 15
    - Scannig issue of new SCSI devices Hello, I am writing a user application program to scan hundreds of SCSI drives been connected and/or removed. I use IOCTL_SCSI_RESCAN_BUS to force scan (suppose to invalidate the device list in SCSIPort driver) and then IOCTL_SCSI_GET_INQUIRY_DATA to get the new list. However I get the stale data (i.e the device list prior to the drives been connected and/or removed). After I call IOCTL_SCSI_RESCAN_BUS and IOCTL_SCSI_GET_INQUIRY_DATA several loops (each time the number of loops changes), IOCTL_SCSI_GET_INQUIRY_DATA returns the correct list of drives. Using the SCSI Analyzer it has been confirmed that IOCTL_SCSI_RESCAN_BUS send REPORT_LUNS, then several INQUIRY command (the correct data is returned for all the new drives connected). Is there any way to prevent getting the stale device list? Is there a way to force clear the stale device list in the scsiport driver?. This is a major issue for the application program as it does not know the number of loops it has to issue the IOCTLs to get all the new device list. Regards Raj Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65561
  - 16
    - USBD_STATUS not in header Hello, A status code that is returned in the Isopacket[].Status field of the _URB_ISOCH_TRANSFER struct does not seem to be in the USBD status code enum. The value is 0xC000000E. What does this code means in the context of an isochronous USB OUT and IN transfer? Can someone relate this code to the TD status field that is called out in the OHCI specification? I am testing on an AMD system using WindowsXP SP2. Thanks for your time, John Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65560
  - 17
    - 1394 Host Controller Node Number Hi All, I need to inform my 1394 devices of the firewire node number of the host controller board. Can the node number of the host controller be determined programatically? Thanks, Scott Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65559
  - 18
    - USB enumeration time in a production test environment I seem to recall a discussion thread regarding speeding up recognition/enumeration of new devices. The problem that needs to be solved is that it's taking from 7 to 20 seconds for a new device to become available for communication after power on connection. The folks at our production facility want this to happen more quickly. The port that we will be using can be dedicated to this function. The device VID, PID, and Version will be constant but the USB serial number will probably be changing. My inital reaction is that the amount of time needed for enumeration is determined by how much work the PnP manager has to do to figure out the correct driver. As I mentioned, I seem to remember a similar issue that was on the list, but a search of current articles doesn't seem to turn anything up. Does anyone remember this one? Sam Robinson Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65556
  - 19
    - AVStream: DispatchShutdown handler Hi, all! I have to add IRP_MJ_SHUTDOWN handler for AVStream miniport driver. How should I prevent device from being removed? Does ks.sys support some kind of remove lock. If so, how can I acquire it? WBR Igor Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65554
  - 20
    - Checked build Assert in EngLoadImage Hi All, I get this when I load a dll from my display driver in Win2k3 Checked build: *** Assertion failed: Section->Segment->u1.ImageCommitment != 0 *** Source File: d:\srvrtm\base\ntos\mm\sessload.c, line 239 Break repeatedly, break Once, Ignore, terminate Process, or terminate Thread (boipt)? The warning seems inert, and it all works if I ignore it. But still it worries me. Any ideas what might be causing this? I guess it must be some sort of problem with the dll image. Thanks, Otto Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65553
  - 21
    - 1394 Raw Mode Addressing And Driver Verifier Hello All... I've been using 1394 raw mode addressing successfully but when I run the driver verfier I get a bug check when accessing the port driver to perform a raw mode io request. My guess this is because I'm using an address that wasn't obtained by using IoGetDeviceObjectPointer( ). I retrieve the port driver address by accessing the bus driver's PortDeviceObject element. As follows.... // Get the port driver object. This is the next to the lowest layer in the driver stack. // The port driver is used to send messages to a node other than the node // for which the lower driver object exists. pDeviceExtension->pPortDeviceObject = ((PNODE_DEVICE_EXTENSION)pDeviceExtension->pStackDeviceObject-> DeviceExtension)->PortDeviceObject; However, I don't know what the symbolic link is for the 1394 port driver. (driver file ohci1394.sys.) The symbolic link for the bus driver is known as \\device\1394BUS0. Does anyone know the symbolic link for the 1394 Port Driver? I need this since it's required as the first parameter in IoGetDeviceObjectPointer( ). Thanks, Scott Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65549
  - 22
    - lower the priority of a process when doing Kernel-mode debugging Hi, I need to lower the priority of a process when doing Kernel-mode debugging through a Null Modem cable. For example, I edited the base priority at offset 0x62 of the EPROCESS structure but it does not seem to work. -- Thanks, Daniel Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65544
  - 23
    - HOw to query different profiles supported by a bluetooth device Hi, Could anyone explain, how to query different profiles supported by a bluetooth device or all available devices found during scan. Thanks, Arsalan Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65539
  - 24
    - STL classes I've noticed that if I include <string> in my printer interface DLL, Windows 2000 won't let me install the driver. If I change it to use regular character pointers, it's fine. Has this happened to anyone else? -- Matt Kane m k b a t d i r t y d o t o r g Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65527
  - 25
    - Ways to anlayze crash dump files When I get a BSOD, I use Visual SOFTICE and a Kernel memory dump to try and trace the error. If one of my driver's function is in the stack trace, I can goto its source and try to find the error. My problem starts when I don't see my driver in the stack trace, and even when I disassemble "Parameter 4: Address of instruction executing" I can't see any of my driver's function. Any way I can get more informant from the dump? Does WinDbg can be more helpful in analyzing dump files ? Any way to know if the win32 user mode app caused the crash? (Then I need to use a complete memory dump?) Any other tips on debugging BSODs? Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65526
- Next
  - 1
    - PDB file path in driver binary By default if i build my driver, the path of the pdb file is seen in the driver binary even in the free build. i don't want the path to be seen in the driver binary. how to remove it. any comile time flags? Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65520
  - 2
    - Test Question 11 Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65511
  - 3
    - NdisAllocatePacketPoolEx & NULL pool handle NdisAllocateBufferPool can return a NULL pool handle which is valid. is same true with NdisAllocatePacketPoolEx ? Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65510
  - 4
    - Visual Studio 5.0 compatibility Hi, I need Visual Studio 5.0 to build my driver code. Am not able to get it I have 6.0 version. Can anyone tell me how to make 6.0 to be compatible for 5.0? What settings has to be changed? Thanks & Regards Gayathri Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65503
  - 5
    - Microsoft - Need urgent help - Product rollout stopped Hello, Sorry for posting this again but I'm in a crunch to resolve this issue ASAP. We are developing a 3.3 V only PC Card which work with my driver under Windows 2000 and Xp but Windows 98SE is showing an error code of 7. My driver entry routine is called but not my initialize routine. Does Windows 98SE support 3.3V only PC Card? I've noticed that Microsoft recommends that PC Card be implemented as dual voltage (3.3V/5V). Please reply ASAP since our product rollout is on hold until this issue is resolve. Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65495
  - 6
    - Newbie! Creating correct inf file Hi, before asking my question I should say that I'm absolutely new to driver programming and worse I don't even have the DDK documentation. However, I have some years experience with Windows development and now want to create a MIDI driver thats sole purpose is to route MIDI messages to my custom application. I have already found the documentation for Installable Drivers in the Win SDK and some code in newsgroups. The code is written for Win 3.11 but I was able to rewrite and compile it under Windows XP. I'm also able to load the driver with the OpenDriver() API. My question: I want other applications let select the driver for their MIDI output device. For this, I assume, I must install the driver. The old Win 3.11 code example comes with an inf file that looks something like this: [disks] 1=. ,"My MIDI driver",disk1 [Installable.Drivers] MyMidiDrv=1:d:\bcb5\music\installableDrivers\MidiDriver1\MyMidiDrv.dll,"MIDI","MIDI",,, However, trying to install this always gives me the error "Installation failed". What could be the cause? Is this inf file at all valid under Win32? I really appreciate any comment/idea!! thanks, Nick Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65493
  - 7
    - Does the WinDbg in source mode Does someone has successfully debug with source and break point and all with the WinDbg? I put a break point in my source code... (set the source path and all) When my driver loads it always tell me that it cannot locate the breakpoint??? Thanks Denis Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65486
  - 8
    - out of the device driver newsgroup Guys, I am pausing out of the driver newsgroup for a month or two. I am reachable for any printer driver,port monitor, language monitor, print processor,spooler or any printing related queries at my email vprnt at lycos dot com Thanks Vipin Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65478
  - 9
    - printer driver halftoning I have been given the task of adding enhanced halftoning capability to an existing printer driver. The driver sends its output to a thermal transfer barcode printer. This is monochrome device (hence the need for halftoning). I have tried changing the halftoning parameters, such as the GDIINFO HTPatternSize, but this does not seem to affect the output. Ultimately, I am look for a way to let the use choose from any of the HT_PATSIZE_* values and have the driver use these when rendering color images. I just can't seem to get all of the settings lined up just right between the GDIINFO, DEVINFO, DEVHTINFO. I have implemented DrvStretchBlt and I am calling EngStretchBlt with iMode set to HALFTONE. None of this seems to help. Any pointers or suggestions would be welcome. Neal Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65477
  - 10
    - Mirror Driver - Capturing GDI Call information Hi everyone, For a remote desktop type application, I am trying to see if it is feasible to actually grab GDI call information with a mirror driver and send that to the client where it would be drawn. This would result in much less data being transferred over the network over the usual approach of sending pre-drawn JPEG rectangles for changed parts of the screen, I would think. Can anyone point me to some information on how to do this? How would I use this data on the client to redraw the display since it will be coming from kernel-mode on the server? The DDK mirror sample doesn't have enough comments for me to figure this out. Thanks! Aruk Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65476
  - 11
    - is device interface path (DevicePath) persistent ? Is device interface path [ i.e. the DevicePath parameter of the SetupDiOpenDeviceInterface function or DevicePath member of the SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DETAIL_DATA structure ] persistent 1) between reboots? I.e. will sequential SetupDi*-style enumerations made in the same Windows session give the same DevicePath for the same device interface? 2) over reboots? i.e. will enumerations before and after reboot give the same DevicePath for the same device interface ? Many thanks! Igor. Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65474
  - 12
    - drive letter from DevicePath / Device handle Should be an easy question I guess ... Suppose, I used SetupDi* functions to get the DevicePath for the device, say CD-ROM drive, and then opened the handle for the device passing this DevicePath to CreateFile. So far, so good. Now, what is the best/recommended way to resolve the drive letter (if any) associated with this device [e.g. E:, F: etc] ? Many thanks! Igor. Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65472
  - 13
    - High Volume Queueing in NDIS MiniportSendPackets I have a deserialized intermediate driver that accepts packets in MiniportSendPackets, queues them, schedules a work item to do some processing on them that has to happen at PASSIVE_LEVEL, and sets their status to NDIS_STATUS_PENDING. The work item completes the packets once it is finished processing. This all works fine in low volume situations, but when I subject my driver to one of the NDIS Test stress tests, I notice the following: - MiniportSendPackets keeps getting called at DISPATCH_LEVEL and queueing the packets; - My work items never get a chance to run and complete the packets; and, - Eventually I run out of buffer descriptors and I have to start setting NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE on the packets in MiniportSendPackets. I don't think there's a way to pause the execution of MiniportSendPackets because it's getting called at DISPATCH_LEVEL. My question is: how can I follow all the rules for MiniportSendPackets in this situation and still give my work items a chance to complete the packets in a high volume situation? Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65471
  - 14
    - NDIS driver Hello: My application involves streaming audio, video, and control data from nodes with embedded ethernet capabilities. Each node will have a video camera and microphone as inputs, and speakers and a video screen as outputs. Each node can transmit audio/video/control data to any other node on the network. The windows PC will be able to stream data to any node, and will be able to receive data streamed from any node. The PC will also be able to monitor and save data being streamed directly from 1 node to another. The nodes will have ethernet PHY/MAC front ends connected to a microcontroller or FPGA to send and receive data, but no high-level capabilities (ie no TCP/IP stack). My question is what sort of network driver I need to write (Windows XP). Is an intermediate NDIS driver the correct choice? Is there a way to simplify the architecture by improving the capabilities of the remote nodes - ie package audio/video/control data as some "standard" format recognized by Windows resulting in simplification or elimination of need for custom device driver? If nodes have full TCP/IP stacks, does this simplify anything? If nodes are just "dumb" MAC addresses that source or sink data without knowledge of any windows high level protocols, does this force the creation of custom network driver? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Doug Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65461
  - 15
    - About SMB client driver ... I am using Microsoft Windows 2003 on a Tyan motherboard which has the Intel ICH5R (7520 chipset). This chipset has an embedded I2C controller and my application needs to do some I2C based device communication, i.e. thermal, drive detection, etc. These are normal I2C communication that I can get done in Linux very well. With Windows I know that some SMB client driver is needed. I can't figure out if there are any SMB client drivers available from Microsoft for Windows 2003 (at some point it will be SAK solution). If there is a driver already available then how do I talk to the driver (i.e. are there documented IOCTL that I can use?). If such a driver is not available then how easy it is to write one? Even if I write one the SMB client driver of mine needs to talk to the SMB class driver but I do not know or did not find any document that explains this. Can somebody please provide me some information on how to get this working. Sincerely appreciate your feedback and help on this one. Regards SG -- SG, Device Driver writer Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65458
  - 16
    - Help in analyzing crash dump files When I get a BSOD, I use Visual SOFTICE and a Kernel memory dump to try and trace the error. If one of my driver's function is in the stack trace, I can goto its source and try to find the error. My problem starts when I don't see my driver in the stack trace, and even when I disassemble "Parameter 4: Address of instruction executing" I can't see any of my driver's function. Any way I can get more informant from the dump? Does WinDbg can be more helpful in analyzing dump files ? Any way to know if the win32 user mode app caused the crash? (Then I need to use a complete memory dump?) Any other tips on debugging BSODs? Thanks Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65456
  - 17
    - Override excel's printing dpi setting This question has been asked before, but not answered. So here goes again: I need to programmatically print excel documents based on the printer's settings (essentially the dpi). However, for excel documents, they have their own print settings in Page Setup. When printing programmatically, these settings override the printer's default settings. Any ways to change the document's settings, or to override these settings to use the printer's, or even to intercept the print job to change them? Thanks! Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65453
  - 18
    - DPC/ISR synchronization (windows ce) I haven't had a lot of response in the platform builder newsgroups, so I'll try here. In Windows CE 4.1, I had no problem with a NDIS ISR (miniportISR) interrupting the DPC(MiniportHandleInterrupt). In upgrading to Windows CE 5.0, I'm seeing that the ISR is getting held off by the DPC. I've tried serialized/deserialized. I've verified that the interrupt is not disabled in the kernel and can see with independent means that kernel is seeing the interrupt and setting the interrupt event in time with the hardware, but the ISR waits until the DPC finishes until it is run. Does anyone have visibility into what has changed between the CE 4.x and 5.x NDIS implementation ? The driver registers as an NDIS 5.0 miniport. Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65444
  - 19
    - HID mouse filter (aka firefly) question Greetings, I have a question about the DDK firefly example. It's supposed to show how to implement a filter driver for a MS optical mouse device. My question is, how are HID mouse events actually intercepted, identified, and filtered relative to the firefly example? I'm kinda new at device driver programming, but I already understand (to some extent) the other filter drivers (moufiltr and kbfiltr) in the DDK, to the point that I've successfully modified, rebuilt, and loaded those. Now I want to do the same with the firefly example (really for all HID mice and keyboards), but there don't seem to be enough clues in the example. Can somebody help me connect the missing dots? Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65443
  - 20
    - Kernal or application thread - Help Hi Guys I have a windows application and device driver using a piece of data acquisition hardware. When the data has been acquired I use the device driver to read back the data. Its read back byte by byte and there is a lot to read back. At the moment I don't have any threads operating so when the device driver is reading back the data the User interface is locked out. So what I'm going to do is create a thread that operates in the background always waiting for the data ready signal and then reading the data back when its available. It would have lower priority than the User Interface thread and so should not effect its operation. My question is this. Should I create a thread in the kernel i.e. created by the device driver, Or should I create a thread at the application level which owns the device driver(i.e. opens it communicates with it etc.)? Creating a thread in the device driver is easier for me given the current software architecture. If I change, to create a new application level thread then all existing communication between the User Interface thread and the device driver would have to be modified to go to, and then through the new thread. So Ideally I want to create a new thread in the Kernel. But will it operate at a lower priority than the User Interface thread and therefor allow it priority. All help appreciated. Denis ____________________ Centron System Solutions http://www.CentronSolutions.com Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65440
  - 21
    - Use GetPrinterData to GetPrinterDataFromPort to get printer status Trying to write a language monitor for a printer to retrieve printer status, but having some trouble connecting the dots. There does not seem to be much info on this subject. Through reading other threads and info on the MSDN site I understand that the API GetPrinterData retrieves printer config data from the registry, but if the data is not in the registry it will call GetPrinterDataFromPort in the language monitor, which will communicate with the printer with WriteCommand and read back the results in the UstatusThread with ReadCommand. I can retreive an existing registry key with GetPrinterData successfully, but a non-existing key will return 0 bytes needed and does not seem to call the language monitors PJLMonGetPrinterDataFromPort. I have a debug statement with OutputDebugString here that never gets called. What do I need to do in order for an application to retrieve printer status directly from the printer? Is this the preferred method? Do I have to make use of SetPrinterData to store the result or trigger the call to GetPrinterData to make the call the the language monitor? If there is a more appropriate thread for this question, please let me know. Assistance with this would be much appreciated. Thankyou Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65437
  - 22
    - Ke386CallBios() I've got a situation where I'm being told to make an Int15 bios call from a driver. I know it's no longer supported, highly discouraged etc, but I'm still being pushed into it. Based on some newsgroup posts, it looks like Ke386CallBios() is what I need. However, I don't have any idea on how to call it (obviously no documentation for an undocumented function). Any suggestions? -- Dean Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65433
  - 23
    - Creating Browser Info in Server 2003.SP1 DDK In my sources file, I have the following: BROWSER_INFO=1 BROWSERFILE=$(TARGETNAME).bsc -n This works great when I build using the Server 2003 DDK. However, it doesn't generate a browser file if I build using the Server 2003 SP1 DDK. What happened? Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65426
  - 24
    - Install a filter driver automatcally Hi everyone, DDK sample Firefly shows how to install a mouse filter driver on a USB mouse, but it requires manual installation. A user has to find out his/her mouse device object (sometimes appears as HID compliant mouse) in Device Manager and take the "Update Driver" route to install it. Is it possible to install such a filter driver between mouhid.sys and mouclass.sys (so it filters all USB mice but not other PS/2, serial, i.e., not a classwide filter) aautomatically with a SETUP.exe or the similar? Is there any example to create SETUP.exe for automatic installation? Thanks in advance, Liang Fu Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65425
  - 25
    - Win98 calls to lower driver from upper driver We have developed a Windows 98 upper and lower driver to perform read and write operations to the disk. How do we make these both drivers communicate with each other. Thanks in advance!! Tag: Network driver installation Tag: 65422

Hi,

I'm currently trying to install my network driver using the DifX (Driver
Installation Tools 2.0) tools.
Now, I've read the given readme.txt and found the following:

* Legacy mode - Accepts unsigned drivers by using the legacy mode flag

As a matter of fact, I'm using Wise for Windows to create my MSI
Installations, but I cannot localize the legacy mode flag in any MSI table.

So, could someone tell me how I could set this legacy flag in my MSI
Installation?

Greetings,

Peter

Top