I am to build an x64 driver for AMD64 Windows XP, AMD64 Windows 2003
Server, and AMD64 Widows Vista.

I am to use WDK 6000, the RTM build for Vista. I use nmake and set
the environment as "fre AMD64 WNET". The resulting driver works fine
in above AMD64 machines.

Please first help me define the meaning of WLH and WNET. And then
compare the differences between them. Thanks.

Re: What is WLH and WNET by Judy

Judy
Tue Mar 13 14:08:04 CDT 2007

"hq4000@hotmail.com" <hq4000@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> I am to build an x64 driver for AMD64 Windows XP, AMD64 Windows 2003
> Server, and AMD64 Widows Vista.
>
> I am to use WDK 6000, the RTM build for Vista. I use nmake and set
> the environment as "fre AMD64 WNET". The resulting driver works fine
> in above AMD64 machines.
>
> Please first help me define the meaning of WLH and WNET. And then
> compare the differences between them. Thanks.
>
>

WLH is Windows Longhorn (the early name for Vista).
I'm not sure about WNET - I think it may be Windows Server 2003 and may
also be specific to 64-bit drivers.

In practical terms the differences between the different build targets
depend on what type of driver you are building... For printer drivers
there is very little difference and these are mostly in terms of
additional options that can be supported by various functions. Your best
bet is to read the WDK documentation since this is generally fairly good
at indicating which APIs/parameters are OS-specific.

Judy

Re: What is WLH and WNET by Don

Don
Tue Mar 13 15:04:41 CDT 2007

It was Windows Server 2003, that old name was Windows Server .NET before
they realized a lot of customers said .NOT

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> "hq4000@hotmail.com" <hq4000@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:1173812168.732281.294850@30g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I am to build an x64 driver for AMD64 Windows XP, AMD64 Windows 2003
>> Server, and AMD64 Widows Vista.
>>
>> I am to use WDK 6000, the RTM build for Vista. I use nmake and set
>> the environment as "fre AMD64 WNET". The resulting driver works fine
>> in above AMD64 machines.
>>
>> Please first help me define the meaning of WLH and WNET. And then
>> compare the differences between them. Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> WLH is Windows Longhorn (the early name for Vista).
> I'm not sure about WNET - I think it may be Windows Server 2003 and may
> also be specific to 64-bit drivers.
>
> In practical terms the differences between the different build targets
> depend on what type of driver you are building... For printer drivers
> there is very little difference and these are mostly in terms of
> additional options that can be supported by various functions. Your best
> bet is to read the WDK documentation since this is generally fairly good
> at indicating which APIs/parameters are OS-specific.
>
> Judy