does RDR2 mean mini-redirector model

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It is probably question for veterans. Some articles indicate that RDR2 sources were included in some old IFS Kit. My assumption is that RDR2 is de facto mini-redirector model (RDBSS). Is that true? If it is which the latest IFS Kit contained RDR2 sources?

The reason why I am asking is that I spend a lot of time in RDBSS disassembled code debugging my mini-redirector. Dip into (even) older version of source code would help me much.

For example article which I am referencing is:
Cache Me if You Can: Using the NT Cache Manager
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=167

Thanks in advance for information.
-bg

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yes. See this link :- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms793722.aspx

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> It is probably question for veterans. Some articles indicate that RDR2
> sources were included in some old IFS Kit. My assumption is that RDR2 is
> de facto mini-redirector model (RDBSS). Is that true? If it is which the
> latest IFS Kit contained RDR2 sources?
>
> The reason why I am asking is that I spend a lot of time in RDBSS
> disassembled code debugging my mini-redirector. Dip into (even) older
> version of source code would help me much.
>
> For example article which I am referencing is:
> Cache Me if You Can: Using the NT Cache Manager
> http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=167
>
> Thanks in advance for information.
> -bg
>
>

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>yes. See this link :- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms793722.aspx

Thank you Baja. That’s response for question in subject. What about RDR2 sources and their presence in some old IFS Kit?

Thanks
-bg

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‘smbmrx’ sample in the WDK is a minirdr (rdr2).

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> >yes. See this link :-
> >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms793722.aspx
>
> Thank you Baja. That’s response for question in subject. What about RDR2
> sources and their presence in some old IFS Kit?
>
> Thanks
> -bg
>
>
>

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I am not looking for sources of any miniredirector sample, but RDBSS, which is the library that mini-redirectors are linked to.

In any case thanks
-bg

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I never saw this source in any MS’s kit

–
Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
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http://www.storagecraft.com

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> I am not looking for sources of any miniredirector sample, but RDBSS, which
is the library that mini-redirectors are linked to.
>
> In any case thanks
> -bg
>
>
>

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>I never saw this source in any MS’s kit

Thanks Maxim. The reason I was asking is that in the article here (http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=167) is table in which is stated that RDR2 has implementation of RxAcquireFcbForLazyWrite in rxce\resrcsup.c. It likely indicated me that RDBSS sources were part of some old IFS Kit.

Thanks a lot.
-bg

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Hi,

The source you are refering to was available as part of the Windows 2000
IFS Kit in /rdr2/supplied/rxce/

Not sure how you would go about getting a copy of that now though.

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I never saw this source in any MS’s kit

Thanks Maxim. The reason I was asking is that in the article here
(http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=167) is table in which is
stated that RDR2 has implementation of RxAcquireFcbForLazyWrite in
rxce\resrcsup.c. It likely indicated me that RDBSS sources were part of
some old IFS Kit.

Thanks a lot.
-bg

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Oh. missed that.

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
>I am not looking for sources of any miniredirector sample, but RDBSS, which
>is the library that mini-redirectors are linked to.
>
> In any case thanks
> -bg
>
>
>

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> Not sure how you would go about getting a copy of that now though.

Ben, thanks for info. You are right there is no way to get old IFS Kit for unsupported OS. I am quite curious why they have removed it from later IFS Kit releases. Maybe it wouldn’t have fit into CD :-).

-bg