are ndis questions allowed on this list?

NTDEV
1

If so,

I’m looking for a nic card to practice writing an ndis 6.2 driver.
Any suggestions? A nic model where the h/w interface is less complicated
so that I can focus on nids features.

thanks,

2

you mean you want to write a miniport? it will be difficult without the
hardware specs. there was a sample for intel 100 mbps cards in older ddks,
but i think in that too they had a library hiding the actual hardware
details.

while this forum is a good place for ndis questions, you can also try Thomas
Divine’s group xxxxx@yahoogroups.com for ndis.

thanks

amitr0

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:41 PM, wrote:

>
> If so,
>
> I’m looking for a nic card to practice writing an ndis 6.2 driver.
> Any suggestions? A nic model where the h/w interface is less complicated
> so that I can focus on nids features.
>
>
> thanks,
>
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3

Well you probably should look at src\general\pcidrv in the WDK. That
has code to program a series of Intel NIC cards, and has code provided
for the interface.

Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr

“xxxxx@yahoo.com” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntdev:

> If so,
>
> I’m looking for a nic card to practice writing an ndis 6.2 driver.
> Any suggestions? A nic model where the h/w interface is less complicated
> so that I can focus on nids features.
>
>
> thanks,

4

thanks, I’ll try to dig up some intel specs.

5

Another approach is to look at src\network\ndis\netvmini. That driver has no hardware at all. It’s meant to be a simple introduction to NDIS miniport drivers.

But eventually you will want to get your hands dirty with real DMA :slight_smile:

BTW, I’m not sure if NDIS questions *are* allowed on this list, but if they are not, the moderators have been egregiously negligent in enforcing that rule.

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re:[ntdev] are ndis questions allowed on this list?

Well you probably should look at src\general\pcidrv in the WDK. That has code to program a series of Intel NIC cards, and has code provided for the interface.

Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr

“xxxxx@yahoo.com” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntdev:

> If so,
>
> I’m looking for a nic card to practice writing an ndis 6.2 driver.
> Any suggestions? A nic model where the h/w interface is less
> complicated so that I can focus on nids features.
>
>
> thanks,

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6

Jeffrey Tippet wrote:

Another approach is to look at src\network\ndis\netvmini. That driver has no hardware at all. It’s meant to be a simple introduction to NDIS miniport drivers.

But eventually you will want to get your hands dirty with real DMA :slight_smile:

BTW, I’m not sure if NDIS questions *are* allowed on this list, but if they are not, the moderators have been egregiously negligent in enforcing that rule.

The only types of Windows drivers that aren’t appropriate here are file
system drivers, because there is a separate list for them (ntfsd).
Pretty much anything else is fair game.

–
Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

7

Thanks:

I’ll look at. src\general\pcidrv, the path does not imply nic.

I’m looking at netvmini already, but as you said, I do want real dma.