Hello everyone,
We are developing a Windows driver for a card that does gzip compression in
hardware. This is general purpose, lossless data compression. It is not
audio/video compression.
WHQL has no category for a data compression card. (Not surprising, because
this will be the first Windows driver for a gzip compression card.)
The recent discussion on driver signing seemed to imply that if there is no
WHQL category for your card, you can’t get it signed. Is this really true?
Are we stuck with an unsigned driver?
Thanks,
Monish Shah
Indra Networks, Inc.
www.indranetworks.com
There is an “Unclassified” device type which you probably comply with. This
allows signing of the device, by running most of the testing that is
considered general quality tests, such as driver runs clean with verifier,
that PNP and power work correctly, etc.
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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----- Original Message -----
From: “Monish Shah”
To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 3:03 AM
Subject: [ntdev] Signing a compression card driver
> Hello everyone,
>
> We are developing a Windows driver for a card that does gzip compression
> in hardware. This is general purpose, lossless data compression. It is
> not audio/video compression.
>
> WHQL has no category for a data compression card. (Not surprising,
> because this will be the first Windows driver for a gzip compression
> card.)
>
> The recent discussion on driver signing seemed to imply that if there is
> no WHQL category for your card, you can’t get it signed. Is this really
> true? Are we stuck with an unsigned driver?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Monish Shah
> Indra Networks, Inc.
> www.indranetworks.com
>
>
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Look for the Universal and Unclassifed info on the WHQL site.
This won’t magically make your driver work on any hardware just because you
manage to get it through WHQL. As I said in that other thread, all it does
is show proof of authorship, and it certifies to the customer that it really
is from you.
Lets stop looking at WHQL as an excuse; “Well it worked in the WHQL tests”
is as moronic as “Wul it works in DOS”. Certification proves authorship and
authentication. It’s the drivers authoring angeny to prove quality. I thinky
ou will find in Longhorn, NO software will be loaded unless it has some form
of Authenticode attached.
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The personal opinion of
Gary G. Little
“Monish Shah” wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
>
> We are developing a Windows driver for a card that does gzip compression
> in hardware. This is general purpose, lossless data compression. It is
> not audio/video compression.
>
> WHQL has no category for a data compression card. (Not surprising,
> because this will be the first Windows driver for a gzip compression
> card.)
>
> The recent discussion on driver signing seemed to imply that if there is
> no WHQL category for your card, you can’t get it signed. Is this really
> true? Are we stuck with an unsigned driver?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Monish Shah
> Indra Networks, Inc.
> www.indranetworks.com
>
>