Power-Management and PnP in XP

NTDEV
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Hi all

I have to develop a kernel driver for a legacy device (AT-Bus) without Pnp
for Windows XP. The driver must support power management.
Is it possible to develop a driver with power management but without PnP ?

Thank you for any help

Best regards

F.X.

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Just because the hardware is not PnP does not mean the driver cannot be PnP.
You should be writing PnP and Power capable drivers for most hardware
devices on 2000/XP platforms now. This includes non-PnP ISA devices or
whatever.

–
Bill McKenzie

“F.X. Mayer” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> Hi all
>
> I have to develop a kernel driver for a legacy device (AT-Bus) without Pnp
> for Windows XP. The driver must support power management.
> Is it possible to develop a driver with power management but without PnP ?
>
> Thank you for any help
>
> Best regards
>
> F.X.
>
>
>
>
>

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“Bill McKenzie” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> Just because the hardware is not PnP does not mean the driver cannot be
PnP.
>

Of course, Bill is entirely correct.

To answer your questions directly: “No.” You can’t do power management
support without PnP support.

But, as Bill said, that’s really not an issue, cuz you should be doing PnP
support for your device.

Peter
OSR

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Thanks a lot, Bill and Peter

may be you can give me one more hint:
How much is it (in $) to get the driver “digital signed”

Thanks again

F.X.

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“Bill McKenzie” wrote in message
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> > Just because the hardware is not PnP does not mean the driver cannot be
> PnP.
> >
>
> Of course, Bill is entirely correct.
>
> To answer your questions directly: “No.” You can’t do power management
> support without PnP support.
>
> But, as Bill said, that’s really not an issue, cuz you should be doing PnP
> support for your device.
>
> Peter
> OSR
>
>
>
>
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> I have to develop a kernel driver for a legacy device (AT-Bus) without Pnp

for Windows XP. The driver must support power management.
Is it possible to develop a driver with power management but without PnP ?

Yes. Write a WDM PnP driver - it can support the non-PnP hardware if it is explicitly installed.

Max

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“F.X. Mayer” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> How much is it (in $) to get the driver “digital signed”
>

Ah, if it were only that easy. The cost is about $2K… but it’s rest of
the requirements that get you. It’s not like you can BUY a digital
signature. You actually have to pass Windows Logo testing to get one. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/winlogo/hardware/default.asp

Peter
OSR