RE: MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2, Build:5384 and 5472

NTDEV
1

Dear Sir,

We downloaded the Windows Vista Beta-2, Build-5472.
This build also doesn’t have the multifunction (mf.sys) driver.
Our PCI Serial/parallel card driver installation fails, since
we depend on the mf.sys services. Can we expect mf.sys driver
support in next release of Vista operating system.

Is there any way to get the mf.sys driver which is build for
Microsoft Vista (Build: 5472).

Thanks in advance
-Madhukar

-----Original Message-----
From: Doron Holan [mailto:xxxxx@microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:58 PM
To: Madhukar
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2, Build:5384

It will be in the OS, this is just a bug in how the OS image was put
together.

d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.
-----Original Message-----
From: Madhukar [mailto:xxxxx@moschip.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 1:54 AM
To: Doron Holan
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

Hi Doran,

Many thanks for your replay. One more question regarding this issue.
Is it Microsoft going to bundle the mf.sys in next release of Vista
operating system? If not, we have to develop custom enumerator driver
(Similar functionality as mf.sys) for our PCI add-on card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance.
B. Madhukar Reddy

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Doron Holan
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

I asked the owner of my.sys about this issue and they are investigating
it

d

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Madhukar
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2, Build:5384

Dear Sir,

We are upgrading/porting our existing Windows XP/2000 PCI device drivers
to Windows Vista operating system. Our PCI add-on card is basically a
simple communication card which provides serial and parallel ports.

In our Inf files we provide our resource requirements and also we use
mf.sys driver services to load appropriate serial/parallel drivers for
each resource we provide.

Following is some part of our Inf file

[Manufacturer]
%Mfg%=PciSerialCards,NTX86, NTia64, NTAMD64

[PciSerialCards.NTX86]
%PciSerialName%= Pci5678_1P2S.mf,
PCI\VEN_1234&DEV_5678&SUBSYS_00121000&REV_01
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf]
CopyFiles=Inf.Copy,Uninstall.Copy
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.HW]
AddReg=Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW]
HKR,Child0000,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0000,ResourceMap,1,02,0C
HKR,Child0001,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0001,ResourceMap,1,00,0C
HKR,Child0002,HardwareID,MF\PCI_ECP
HKR,Child0002,ResourceMap,1,04,06,0C
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.services

Our driver installation fails because OS not able to add the service key
for mf.sys, since mf.sys is not present in the Windows Vista. So we are
not able to load our drivers for PCI communication card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance

B. Madhukar Reddy

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

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2

I’ll ask the team to see what the progress is.

Thx
d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.

-----Original Message-----
From: Madhukar [mailto:xxxxx@moschip.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 6:34 AM
To: Doron Holan; NtDev
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384 and 5472

Dear Sir,

We downloaded the Windows Vista Beta-2, Build-5472.
This build also doesn’t have the multifunction (mf.sys) driver.
Our PCI Serial/parallel card driver installation fails, since we depend
on the mf.sys services. Can we expect mf.sys driver support in next
release of Vista operating system.

Is there any way to get the mf.sys driver which is build for Microsoft
Vista (Build: 5472).

Thanks in advance
-Madhukar

-----Original Message-----
From: Doron Holan [mailto:xxxxx@microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:58 PM
To: Madhukar
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

It will be in the OS, this is just a bug in how the OS image was put
together.

d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.
-----Original Message-----
From: Madhukar [mailto:xxxxx@moschip.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 1:54 AM
To: Doron Holan
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

Hi Doran,

Many thanks for your replay. One more question regarding this issue.
Is it Microsoft going to bundle the mf.sys in next release of Vista
operating system? If not, we have to develop custom enumerator driver
(Similar functionality as mf.sys) for our PCI add-on card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance.
B. Madhukar Reddy

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Doron Holan
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

I asked the owner of my.sys about this issue and they are investigating
it

d

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Madhukar
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2, Build:5384

Dear Sir,

We are upgrading/porting our existing Windows XP/2000 PCI device drivers
to Windows Vista operating system. Our PCI add-on card is basically a
simple communication card which provides serial and parallel ports.

In our Inf files we provide our resource requirements and also we use
mf.sys driver services to load appropriate serial/parallel drivers for
each resource we provide.

Following is some part of our Inf file

[Manufacturer]
%Mfg%=PciSerialCards,NTX86, NTia64, NTAMD64

[PciSerialCards.NTX86]
%PciSerialName%= Pci5678_1P2S.mf,
PCI\VEN_1234&DEV_5678&SUBSYS_00121000&REV_01
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf]
CopyFiles=Inf.Copy,Uninstall.Copy
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.HW]
AddReg=Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW]
HKR,Child0000,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0000,ResourceMap,1,02,0C
HKR,Child0001,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0001,ResourceMap,1,00,0C
HKR,Child0002,HardwareID,MF\PCI_ECP
HKR,Child0002,ResourceMap,1,04,06,0C
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.services

Our driver installation fails because OS not able to add the service key
for mf.sys, since mf.sys is not present in the Windows Vista. So we are
not able to load our drivers for PCI communication card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance

B. Madhukar Reddy

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
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To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
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3

After talking with the device installation and core bus teams, this
appears to be a bug in your INF. This was been hidden previously by the
fact that mf.sys was always present in %windir%\system32\drivers, where
now it is only present in the directoy when needed.

  1. you need to install mf.sys using the correct section

Your INF currently:
[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.services

Should be:
[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf

  1. you need to have mf.sys copied over into the directory, so add this
    section

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.CopyFiles]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.CopyFiles

d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.

-----Original Message-----
From: Doron Holan
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:34 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384 and 5472

I’ll ask the team to see what the progress is.

Thx
d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.

-----Original Message-----
From: Madhukar [mailto:xxxxx@moschip.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 6:34 AM
To: Doron Holan; NtDev
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384 and 5472

Dear Sir,

We downloaded the Windows Vista Beta-2, Build-5472.
This build also doesn’t have the multifunction (mf.sys) driver.
Our PCI Serial/parallel card driver installation fails, since we depend
on the mf.sys services. Can we expect mf.sys driver support in next
release of Vista operating system.

Is there any way to get the mf.sys driver which is build for Microsoft
Vista (Build: 5472).

Thanks in advance
-Madhukar

-----Original Message-----
From: Doron Holan [mailto:xxxxx@microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:58 PM
To: Madhukar
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

It will be in the OS, this is just a bug in how the OS image was put
together.

d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.
-----Original Message-----
From: Madhukar [mailto:xxxxx@moschip.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 1:54 AM
To: Doron Holan
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

Hi Doran,

Many thanks for your replay. One more question regarding this issue.
Is it Microsoft going to bundle the mf.sys in next release of Vista
operating system? If not, we have to develop custom enumerator driver
(Similar functionality as mf.sys) for our PCI add-on card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance.
B. Madhukar Reddy

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Doron Holan
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

I asked the owner of my.sys about this issue and they are investigating
it

d

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Madhukar
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2, Build:5384

Dear Sir,

We are upgrading/porting our existing Windows XP/2000 PCI device drivers
to Windows Vista operating system. Our PCI add-on card is basically a
simple communication card which provides serial and parallel ports.

In our Inf files we provide our resource requirements and also we use
mf.sys driver services to load appropriate serial/parallel drivers for
each resource we provide.

Following is some part of our Inf file

[Manufacturer]
%Mfg%=PciSerialCards,NTX86, NTia64, NTAMD64

[PciSerialCards.NTX86]
%PciSerialName%= Pci5678_1P2S.mf,
PCI\VEN_1234&DEV_5678&SUBSYS_00121000&REV_01
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf]
CopyFiles=Inf.Copy,Uninstall.Copy
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.HW]
AddReg=Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW]
HKR,Child0000,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0000,ResourceMap,1,02,0C
HKR,Child0001,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0001,ResourceMap,1,00,0C
HKR,Child0002,HardwareID,MF\PCI_ECP
HKR,Child0002,ResourceMap,1,04,06,0C
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.services

Our driver installation fails because OS not able to add the service key
for mf.sys, since mf.sys is not present in the Windows Vista. So we are
not able to load our drivers for PCI communication card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance

B. Madhukar Reddy

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
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4

Many thanks Doron,

We have modified our INF files to copy/load the mf.sys driver.
Our PCI Serial/parallel card works fine.

Once again many thanks for your help.

Regards
-Madhukar

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Doron Holan
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 11:51 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2, Build:5384
and 5472

After talking with the device installation and core bus teams, this
appears to be a bug in your INF. This was been hidden previously by the
fact that mf.sys was always present in %windir%\system32\drivers, where
now it is only present in the directoy when needed.

  1. you need to install mf.sys using the correct section

Your INF currently:
[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.services

Should be:
[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf

  1. you need to have mf.sys copied over into the directory, so add this
    section

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.CopyFiles]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.CopyFiles

d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.

-----Original Message-----
From: Doron Holan
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:34 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384 and 5472

I’ll ask the team to see what the progress is.

Thx
d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.

-----Original Message-----
From: Madhukar [mailto:xxxxx@moschip.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 6:34 AM
To: Doron Holan; NtDev
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384 and 5472

Dear Sir,

We downloaded the Windows Vista Beta-2, Build-5472.
This build also doesn’t have the multifunction (mf.sys) driver.
Our PCI Serial/parallel card driver installation fails, since we depend
on the mf.sys services. Can we expect mf.sys driver support in next
release of Vista operating system.

Is there any way to get the mf.sys driver which is build for Microsoft
Vista (Build: 5472).

Thanks in advance
-Madhukar

-----Original Message-----
From: Doron Holan [mailto:xxxxx@microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:58 PM
To: Madhukar
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

It will be in the OS, this is just a bug in how the OS image was put
together.

d

– I can spell, I just can’t type.
-----Original Message-----
From: Madhukar [mailto:xxxxx@moschip.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 1:54 AM
To: Doron Holan
Cc: Milton
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

Hi Doran,

Many thanks for your replay. One more question regarding this issue.
Is it Microsoft going to bundle the mf.sys in next release of Vista
operating system? If not, we have to develop custom enumerator driver
(Similar functionality as mf.sys) for our PCI add-on card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance.
B. Madhukar Reddy

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Doron Holan
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2,
Build:5384

I asked the owner of my.sys about this issue and they are investigating
it

d

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Madhukar
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:39 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] MF.SYS is not bundled with MS Vista Beta-2, Build:5384

Dear Sir,

We are upgrading/porting our existing Windows XP/2000 PCI device drivers
to Windows Vista operating system. Our PCI add-on card is basically a
simple communication card which provides serial and parallel ports.

In our Inf files we provide our resource requirements and also we use
mf.sys driver services to load appropriate serial/parallel drivers for
each resource we provide.

Following is some part of our Inf file

[Manufacturer]
%Mfg%=PciSerialCards,NTX86, NTia64, NTAMD64

[PciSerialCards.NTX86]
%PciSerialName%= Pci5678_1P2S.mf,
PCI\VEN_1234&DEV_5678&SUBSYS_00121000&REV_01
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf]
CopyFiles=Inf.Copy,Uninstall.Copy
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.HW]
AddReg=Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.RegHW]
HKR,Child0000,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0000,ResourceMap,1,02,0C
HKR,Child0001,HardwareID,MF\PCI_COM
HKR,Child0001,ResourceMap,1,00,0C
HKR,Child0002,HardwareID,MF\PCI_ECP
HKR,Child0002,ResourceMap,1,04,06,0C
…

[Pci5678_1P2S.mf.Services]
Include=mf.inf
Needs=MFINSTALL.mf.services

Our driver installation fails because OS not able to add the service key
for mf.sys, since mf.sys is not present in the Windows Vista. So we are
not able to load our drivers for PCI communication card.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance

B. Madhukar Reddy

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
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To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
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