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WDF coInstaller problem
Edward_Dekker
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I am working on a WDF Filter driver using the Windows 10 WDK.
While building the driver $KMDFVERSION$ expands to 1.15 as expected.
I am modeling my install after the NONPNP example in the WDK. I need the version 1.15 compatible version of
the coInstaller DLL
The Windows 10 WDK redistributables directory has WdfCoInstaller01007.dll, WdfCoInstaller01009.dll, and
WdfCoInstaller01011.dll. These seem to correspond with WDF versions 1.07, 1.09 and 1.11.
Where do I find the CoInstaller DLL for WDF 1.15?
Ed
While building the driver $KMDFVERSION$ expands to 1.15 as expected.
I am modeling my install after the NONPNP example in the WDK. I need the version 1.15 compatible version of
the coInstaller DLL
The Windows 10 WDK redistributables directory has WdfCoInstaller01007.dll, WdfCoInstaller01009.dll, and
WdfCoInstaller01011.dll. These seem to correspond with WDF versions 1.07, 1.09 and 1.11.
Where do I find the CoInstaller DLL for WDF 1.15?
Ed
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Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:14 AM
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Subject: [ntdev] WDF coInstaller problem
I am working on a WDF Filter driver using the Windows 10 WDK.
While building the driver $KMDFVERSION$ expands to 1.15 as expected.
I am modeling my install after the NONPNP example in the WDK. I need the version 1.15 compatible version of the coInstaller DLL
The Windows 10 WDK redistributables directory has WdfCoInstaller01007.dll, WdfCoInstaller01009.dll, and WdfCoInstaller01011.dll. These seem to correspond with WDF versions 1.07, 1.09 and 1.11.
Where do I find the CoInstaller DLL for WDF 1.15?
Ed
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How does this change the installation procedure for a WDF filter driver?
Are the wdf pre and post install and remove calls still needed?
Does this mean that a WDF driver built with the Windows 10 WDK can only run on Windows 10?
How do I write a WDF driver which will run on multiple versions of Windows ?
Ed
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Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 11:30 AM
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Subject: RE: [ntdev] WDF coInstaller problem
1.11 was the last version that used a coinstaller and went down level. Every version afterward is only
available on the os that released that version.
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From: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:14 AM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] WDF coInstaller problem
I am working on a WDF Filter driver using the Windows 10 WDK.
While building the driver $KMDFVERSION$ expands to 1.15 as expected.
I am modeling my install after the NONPNP example in the WDK. I need the version 1.15 compatible version of
the coInstaller DLL
The Windows 10 WDK redistributables directory has WdfCoInstaller01007.dll, WdfCoInstaller01009.dll, and
WdfCoInstaller01011.dll. These seem to correspond with WDF versions 1.07, 1.09 and 1.11.
Where do I find the CoInstaller DLL for WDF 1.15?
Ed
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>
>
> How does this change the installation procedure for a WDF filter driver?
>
If your driver is built to use KMDF 1.15, then you don't need to use a
co-installer. You can assume that KMDF is already present. That does
mean your driver will only work on Windows 10 or higher.
> Are the wdf pre and post install and remove calls still needed?
>
No.
> Does this mean that a WDF driver built with the Windows 10 WDK can
> only run on Windows 10?
>
No, but it means that a driver built for KMDF 1.15 can only run on
Windows 10. You can choose earlier KMDF versions.
> How do I write a WDF driver which will run on multiple
> versions of Windows ?
>
Use KMDF 1.11 if you need to go back to Vista. Use KMDF 1.9 if you need
to go back to XP.
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Tim Roberts, [email protected]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Tim Roberts, [email protected]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
1.11 was the last version that used a coinstaller and went down level. Every
version afterward is only available on the os that released that version.
</quote>
I'm embarrassed to say that somehow I managed to miss this fact (perhaps I didn't get the memo?)... But this is a pretty big change from the V1.11 days and before, right?
For the benefit for those of us watching at home, can you clarify a bit please? This definitively means that if I write a driver using 1.15, I can't run that driver on a down-level box? Can I WU V1.15 onto an older OS version, say... Windows 7?
In practice, this hasn't been a problem (obviously, because I haven't noticed it in all this time) because stuff we've written that supports down-level versions of Windows (say, Windows XP and later) is written to the older version of the Framework, and stuff that's targeted exclusively to Win 10 or later (for example) requires Win 10 and thus uses the newest version of the Framework.
Still... a surprise.
Peter
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Peter Viscarola
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> <quote>
> 1.11 was the last version that used a coinstaller and went down level. Every
> version afterward is only available on the os that released that version.
> </quote>
>
> I'm embarrassed to say that somehow I managed to miss this fact (perhaps I didn't get the memo?)... But this is a pretty big change from the V1.11 days and before, right?
>
> For the benefit for those of us watching at home, can you clarify a bit please? This definitively means that if I write a driver using 1.15, I can't run that driver on a down-level box? Can I WU V1.15 onto an older OS version, say... Windows 7?
No, it can't, and this is actually documented:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/drivers/wdf/kmdf-version-history
1.13 will not run on anything before 8.1. 1.15 will not run on anything
before 10. 1.17 will not run on anything before the 1511 update. Put
simply, starting with 1.13, KMDF will not run on any system unless it is
in the box.
> In practice, this hasn't been a problem (obviously, because I haven't noticed it in all this time) because stuff we've written that supports down-level versions of Windows (say, Windows XP and later) is written to the older version of the Framework, and stuff that's targeted exclusively to Win 10 or later (for example) requires Win 10 and thus uses the newest version of the Framework.
Yes. Maybe I also missed a memo, but I haven't seen anything in KMDF
beyond 1.11 that compels me to switch.
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Tim Roberts, [email protected]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Tim Roberts, [email protected]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
No, it can't, and this is actually documented:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/drivers/wdf/kmdf-version-histor
y
</quote>
Thank you, Tim.
Imagine that. I missed an entry in a table on one of an endless set of MSDN doc pages.
This is kind of a big deal. It changes the long-established policy of the latest Framework supporting down-level versions of the OS.
A blog post from the WDF Team calling attention to this would have been appreciated. Well, now we know. I've missed this change for about two years. Sigh.
Peter
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Peter Viscarola
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<quote>
No, it can't, and this is actually documented:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/drivers/wdf/kmdf-version-histor
y
</quote>
Thank you, Tim.
Imagine that. I missed an entry in a table on one of an endless set of MSDN doc pages.
This is kind of a big deal. It changes the long-established policy of the latest Framework supporting down-level versions of the OS.
A blog post from the WDF Team calling attention to this would have been appreciated. Well, now we know. I've missed this change for about two years. Sigh.
Peter
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This change happened in the win8 timeframe and well before win8 RTM
</quote>
There was just too much happening in that timeframe for me to notice.
Now that I've had more time to think about this, I'm really not sure it matters that much. Yes, it's a dramatic departure from the past policy. But, at the end of the day, I'm not sure it much matters from a practical point of view.
Peter
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Peter Viscarola
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