> I guess the device manager will be displaying all the names under
the SERVICE key of the registry.
Wrong, it displays the in-memory devnode tree built as a result of MN_QUERY_RELATIONS calls.
Max
You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: $subst(‘Recip.EmailAddr’)
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst(‘Recip.MemberIDChar’)@lists.osr.com
With WDM, seems to be no.
With full NT kernel API, it is surely possible.
In fact, good old NT4-style drivers are Linux kernel modules 
Max
----- Original Message -----
From: “Moreira, Alberto”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:06 PM
Subject: [ntdev] Re: Driver Name visible in Device Manager!!! with no - device
> This raises a question that I haven’t totally answered yet. Is there a legit
> way of writing the equivalent of a Linux kernel module under the wdm model ?
> Or are we sort of violating the rules whenever we write a driver that only
> handles imaginary hardware ?
>
> Alberto.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxim S. Shatskih [mailto:xxxxx@storagecraft.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: Driver Name visible in Device Manager!!! with no -
> device
>
>
> Looks like your registry is broken by incorrect INF file. It occurs
> sometimes.
>
> PnP shows either the value from the functional driver’s INF file or, if the
> functional driver is not found, then it displays the
> result of MN_QUERY_DEVICE_TEXT returned by the bus driver.
>
> Anyway a devnode is required, and it is extremely strange if PnP displays
> something without a real devnode.
>
> Max
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Shiva Prasad. T. S.”
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:28 AM
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: Driver Name visible in Device Manager!!! with no -
> device
>
>
> > hi sheshagiri,
> >
> > I would like to know, can a device Manager display a device name
> without
> > an actual hardware being present(though with a conflict symbol when I load
> > just the driver for the device)Just because it’s name is present in the
> > registry…If so,wouldn’t it should display all the names under the
> SERVICE
> > KEY in registry in the Device manager too…???
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > shiv
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > —
> > You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@storagecraft.com
> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst(‘Recip.MemberIDChar’)@lists.osr.com
> >
>
>
> —
> You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@compuware.com
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst(‘Recip.MemberIDChar’)@lists.osr.com
>
> —
> You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@storagecraft.com
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst(‘Recip.MemberIDChar’)@lists.osr.com
>
—
You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: $subst(‘Recip.EmailAddr’)
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst(‘Recip.MemberIDChar’)@lists.osr.com