wdm driver for pcmcia card on Laptop

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Dear Friends,

I am a newbie to PCMCIA AND LAPTOP…I need to develop wdm device driver
for a PC-Card…

I have got a few questions about the above things:-

  1. For developing a wdm driver for a PC-CARD,do I essentially need a
    laptop…or If PC also can be used,how should I use it.

a)To have a pc with PCI-TO-PCMCIA BRIDGE…if I do this,Then won’t it
appear as if I am writing a PCI CARD DEVICE DRIVER(i don’t know whether my
question is right…??) or

b)To have a PC with built in pcmcia slot(I am not sure of such pc whether
available or not…can anybody conform me on this)

c)out of (a) or (b) which option is best…

2)In case if I am going to develop it on laptop:-

a) Is the wdm driver for pcmcia card which I develop it on a Laptop for
windows 2000 can be ported on a Laptop on windows 98…???

I would be grateful if anybody could help this newbie out in exploring the
above things…

Thanks in advance,

Shiv

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Hi Shiv,

  1. PC can be used
    a) PCMCIA bus driver will find a new bus, although the PCMCIA bus
    card is on the PCI, you will interface the PCMCIA driver bus as if
    it is a separate bus.
    b) I havn’t seen such a PC so far.
    c) I prefer PC
  2. If you write it using the API that is supported on 98. I suggest using
    DriverWorks or WinDK that way you will write portable code (98, Win2k, XP)
    and also cut your development time.

Hope this helps,
Stas.

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Subject: [ntdev] wdm driver for pcmcia card on Laptop

Dear Friends,

I am a newbie to PCMCIA AND LAPTOP…I need to develop wdm device driver
for a PC-Card…

I have got a few questions about the above things:-

  1. For developing a wdm driver for a PC-CARD,do I essentially need a
    laptop…or If PC also can be used,how should I use it.

a)To have a pc with PCI-TO-PCMCIA BRIDGE…if I do this,Then won’t it
appear as if I am writing a PCI CARD DEVICE DRIVER(i don’t know whether my
question is right…??) or

b)To have a PC with built in pcmcia slot(I am not sure of such pc whether
available or not…can anybody conform me on this)

c)out of (a) or (b) which option is best…

2)In case if I am going to develop it on laptop:-

a) Is the wdm driver for pcmcia card which I develop it on a Laptop for
windows 2000 can be ported on a Laptop on windows 98…???

I would be grateful if anybody could help this newbie out in exploring the
above things…

Thanks in advance,

Shiv

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Hi,

to your questions.

  1. You do not need a Laptop it is also possible to use PC with PCMCIA drive.
    a) No, from view of a PCMCIA card driver you see no difference.
    b) I have not seen a PC with built in PCMCIA drive., but it is easy to add
    one on your own.
    There are different PCMCIA drives available. In your case I would use a
    drive with ISA interface because it make much less problems than the PCI
    based.

  2. You can write a driver which is binary compatible for 2000/98/ME/XP. This
    is possible if you use only OS calls supported in WDM 1.0.

Martin

Subject: wdm driver for pcmcia card on Laptop
From: xxxxx@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 0:14:20
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Dear Friends,

I am a newbie to PCMCIA AND LAPTOP…I need to develop wdm
device driver
for a PC-Card…

I have got a few questions about the above things:-

  1. For developing a wdm driver for a PC-CARD,do I essentially need a
    laptop…or If PC also can be used,how should I use it.

a)To have a pc with PCI-TO-PCMCIA BRIDGE…if I do this,Then
won’t it
appear as if I am writing a PCI CARD DEVICE DRIVER(i don’t
know whether my
question is right…??) or

b)To have a PC with built in pcmcia slot(I am not sure of
such pc whether
available or not…can anybody conform me on this)

c)out of (a) or (b) which option is best…

2)In case if I am going to develop it on laptop:-

a) Is the wdm driver for pcmcia card which I develop it on
a Laptop for
windows 2000 can be ported on a Laptop on windows 98…???

I would be grateful if anybody could help this newbie out in
exploring the
above things…

Thanks in advance,

Shiv

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