Windows 8 GA MSDN documentation update

NTDEV
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Hi everybody,

Late last Friday, while I was on (an unexpectedly brief) vacation in Philadelphia, we published updates to the WDK documentation for the Windows 8 GA (General Availability) milestone:

Windows Driver Development:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557573

Design, Develop, and Certify Hardware for Windows 8:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/br259114

Hardware Dev Center:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware

Downloads for Windows Hardware Development:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg454513

Like the previous update in mid-September, this was officially a “fit and finish” update, so it mostly consisted of bug fixes. Our goal was to finish clearing out a very large bug backlog that had accumulated over the years, and we nailed it! :slight_smile:

Note: As many of you know, we define “bug fixes” pretty broadly. For example, my brand-new Implementing IPv6 NS Offloadhttp: page counts as a bug fix, because it addresses a relatively small gap that was identified in the docs.

We don’t have a list of highlights for this update just yet, but when I do I’ll let everybody know.

Cheers,

–Diane</http:>

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Incidentally, Diane’s brand-new “Implementing IPv6 NS Offload” page was created directly as a result of feedback from you folks on the OSR forums. So keep on complaining :slight_smile:

3

Awesome Diane, thanks!

mm

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Diane Olsen
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:28 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Windows 8 GA MSDN documentation update

Hi everybody,

Late last Friday, while I was on (an unexpectedly brief) vacation in
Philadelphia, we published updates to the WDK documentation for the Windows
8 GA (General Availability) milestone:

Windows Driver Development:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557573

Design, Develop, and Certify Hardware for Windows 8:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/br259114

Hardware Dev Center:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware

Downloads for Windows Hardware Development:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg454513

Like the previous update in mid-September, this was officially a “fit and
finish” update, so it mostly consisted of bug fixes. Our goal was to finish
clearing out a very large bug backlog that had accumulated over the years,
and we nailed it! J

Note: As many of you know, we define “bug fixes” pretty broadly. For
example, my brand-new Implementing IPv6 NS Offload
http:-90AD-F73E27D0CDBE> page counts as a bug fix, because it addresses a
relatively small gap that was identified in the docs.

We don’t have a list of highlights for this update just yet, but when I do
I’ll let everybody know.

Cheers,

–Diane

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It’s great to be proactively kept up-to-date.

Thanks Diane!

Peter
OSR

5

if anyone is intested, the post-rtm/ga changelog:
http://public.avast.com/~kurtin/wdk/v3/changelog.html

6

Mr. Kurtin: The diff you provide is terrific. Very helpful. I hate to ask for more, but is there any way to tell WHAT’s been changed in the new version? For example, we see that the FILE_OBJECT structure doc has changed, but WHAT changed in it?

Thanks for the valuable service you’re providing to the community,

Peter
OSR

7

Petr, not to complain, but the CHM I downloaded has a table of contents
that’s flat - no nice folders like before.

Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks,

mm

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of xxxxx@osr.com
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:13 AM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE:[ntdev] Windows 8 GA MSDN documentation update

Mr. Kurtin: The diff you provide is terrific. Very helpful. I hate to ask
for more, but is there any way to tell WHAT’s been changed in the new
version? For example, we see that the FILE_OBJECT structure doc has
changed, but WHAT changed in it?

Thanks for the valuable service you’re providing to the community,

Peter
OSR

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8

since I’m interested only in some chapters (let’s say
filesystem/network/general topics), I usually open “old” and “new” pages in
new tabs and switch between them. FILE_OBJECT structure doc has changed in
FileName member description. Most pages are short so it’s visible for the
first sight.

older changelog for pre-rtm and post-rtm is here:
http://public.avast.com/~kurtin/wdk/changelog.html

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:13 PM, wrote:

> Mr. Kurtin: The diff you provide is terrific. Very helpful. I hate to
> ask for more, but is there any way to tell WHAT’s been changed in the new
> version? For example, we see that the FILE_OBJECT structure doc has
> changed, but WHAT changed in it?
>
> Thanks for the valuable service you’re providing to the community,
>
> Peter
> OSR
>

9

I promised to look for a “list of highlights for this update.” We don’t have a very thorough one, but what we do have is in the November 7, 2012 issue of the Windows Hardware Newsletter, which you can subscribe to in the Microsoft Profile Center/Subscription Center: https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/SubCntDefault.aspx

We also post lists of doc and whitepaper updates to a few other places:

New for Windows 8 (Windows Drivers): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/hardware/hh451220(v=vs.85).aspx

New Hardware Documentation and Tools: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/gg454514

Design, Develop, and Certify Hardware for Windows 8: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/br259114

One of our goals for the coming year(s) is to try to make it easier to locate the information you need on our site - by restructuring things, removing (or at least archiving/de-emphasizing) outdated information, etc. If you’ve got suggestions, pet peeves, etc., in this area, please send them my way.

Thanks!

–Diane

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Diane Olsen
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:28 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Windows 8 GA MSDN documentation update

Hi everybody,

Late last Friday, while I was on (an unexpectedly brief) vacation in Philadelphia, we published updates to the WDK documentation for the Windows 8 GA (General Availability) milestone:

Windows Driver Development:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557573

Design, Develop, and Certify Hardware for Windows 8:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/br259114

Hardware Dev Center:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware

Downloads for Windows Hardware Development:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg454513

Like the previous update in mid-September, this was officially a “fit and finish” update, so it mostly consisted of bug fixes. Our goal was to finish clearing out a very large bug backlog that had accumulated over the years, and we nailed it! :slight_smile:

Note: As many of you know, we define “bug fixes” pretty broadly. For example, my brand-new Implementing IPv6 NS Offloadhttp: page counts as a bug fix, because it addresses a relatively small gap that was identified in the docs.

We don’t have a list of highlights for this update just yet, but when I do I’ll let everybody know.

Cheers,

–Diane

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