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Comments
That is a **super **interesting historical note. I didn't believe it when I read it, I said to myself "Oh, SURELY Mr. Roberts is mistaken!"... and thus had to do the math myself... but you're absolutely correct.
Too funny,
Peter
Peter Viscarola
OSR
@OSRDrivers
I dunno, but the last time I checked WDK samples (I think it was around a year ago or so), I noticed that all "classical" WDM samples like toaster, layered NDIS miniport,various filters et al were gone - only WDF version of these samples was available. Therefore, the above statement seems (at least to me) as a sort of an exaggeration - after all, someone who starts writing drivers these days must be wondering what WDM is even like....
Well, I would say it depends on the project type. As long as we are speaking about a PnP/PM driver, using WDM is simply unreasonable (unless you just happen to be a masochist,of course). However, if you are writing a "legacy" driver that is supposed to get started via SCM, WDM will work just fine in most cases.
OK, I have to shut up now - otherwise 'The Hanging Judge" may get infuriated with my "suggestions", and, taking into consideration that it is Friday the13th today, the consequences of this "unfortunate scenario" may be truly disastrous as far as Mr.Bassov is concerned.....
Anton Bassov
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