Why NDIS wrappers needed ?

NTDEV
1

Why do we have NDIS wrapper functions like that for allocating memory
? Why not use the usual ExAllocate functions ? Is NDIS version 5.0 for
example common across different OS from Microsoft like Windows, Win CE
etc… ?

Regards

2

NDIS was designed to work on multiple operating systems, such as Windows
3.1, Windows CE and Windows NT so they did not have a common set of
calls for things like memory allocation. Even today windows mobile
supports NDIS as well as desktop windows such as Win7.

Don Burn
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr

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> Why do we have NDIS wrapper functions like that for allocating memory
> ? Why not use the usual ExAllocate functions ? Is NDIS version 5.0 for
> example common across different OS from Microsoft like Windows, Win CE
> etc… ?
>
> Regards