XP 2K compatibility

NTDEV
1

what are the compatibility issues for
monolithic drivers (hardware to user mode device)
that were developed for 2K.

how would they function on XP ?

Thanks, Tom.

2

Tomer Goldberg wrote:

what are the compatibility issues for
monolithic drivers (hardware to user mode device)
that were developed for 2K.

Can you try to ask a more focused question? This one calls for a few
hundred pages worth of answer…

–
Walter Oney, Consulting and Training
Basic and Advanced Driver Programming Seminars
Now teaming with John Hyde for USB Device Engineering Seminars
Check out our schedule at http://www.oneysoft.com

3

Well its quite simple
I have a driver for a data
acquisition hardware that was developed
for win2k (WDM PNP).
Monolithic PCI hw. driver,
not a filter or a miniport.

can I use this binary/inf
for WinXP ?

rebuild it with XP DDK ?

or which intefaces should
I revise to support WinXP ?

-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Oney [mailto:xxxxx@oneysoft.com]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 2:47 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: XP 2K compatibility

Tomer Goldberg wrote:
> what are the compatibility issues for
> monolithic drivers (hardware to user mode device)
> that were developed for 2K.

Can you try to ask a more focused question? This one calls for a few
hundred pages worth of answer…

–
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Basic and Advanced Driver Programming Seminars
Now teaming with John Hyde for USB Device Engineering Seminars
Check out our schedule at http://www.oneysoft.com

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4

Since WinXP supports legacy drivers, you stand a good chance of it working.
You may need to modify HalAssignSlotResources since NT4 does not require a
pointer to a Device Object, where as 2000 and above will. Be aware that
legacy drivers will defeat most of the systems power management schemes.

–
Gary G. Little
Have Computer, Will Travel …
909-698-3191
909-551-2105
http://www.wd-3.com

“Tomer Goldberg” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
>
> Well its quite simple
> I have a driver for a data
> acquisition hardware that was developed
> for win2k (WDM PNP).
> Monolithic PCI hw. driver,
> not a filter or a miniport.
>
> can I use this binary/inf
> for WinXP ?
>
> rebuild it with XP DDK ?
>
> or which intefaces should
> I revise to support WinXP ?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Walter Oney [mailto:xxxxx@oneysoft.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 2:47 PM
> > To: NT Developers Interest List
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: XP 2K compatibility
> >
> >
> > Tomer Goldberg wrote:
> > > what are the compatibility issues for
> > > monolithic drivers (hardware to user mode device)
> > > that were developed for 2K.
> >
> > Can you try to ask a more focused question? This one calls for a few
> > hundred pages worth of answer…
> >
> > –
> > Walter Oney, Consulting and Training
> > Basic and Advanced Driver Programming Seminars
> > Now teaming with John Hyde for USB Device Engineering Seminars
> > Check out our schedule at http://www.oneysoft.com
> >
> > —
> > You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@royatech.com
> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> >
>
>
>

5

Thanks Gary,
hehe I think you’ve
been reading too fast

who mentioned NT4 ?

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary G. Little [mailto:xxxxx@aerosurf.net]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 9:51 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: XP 2K compatibility

Since WinXP supports legacy drivers, you stand a good chance
of it working.
You may need to modify HalAssignSlotResources since NT4 does
not require a
pointer to a Device Object, where as 2000 and above will. Be
aware that
legacy drivers will defeat most of the systems power
management schemes.

–
Gary G. Little
Have Computer, Will Travel …
909-698-3191
909-551-2105
http://www.wd-3.com

“Tomer Goldberg” wrote in message
> news:xxxxx@ntdev…
> >
> >
> > Well its quite simple
> > I have a driver for a data
> > acquisition hardware that was developed
> > for win2k (WDM PNP).
> > Monolithic PCI hw. driver,
> > not a filter or a miniport.
> >
> > can I use this binary/inf
> > for WinXP ?
> >
> > rebuild it with XP DDK ?
> >
> > or which intefaces should
> > I revise to support WinXP ?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Walter Oney [mailto:xxxxx@oneysoft.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 2:47 PM
> > > To: NT Developers Interest List
> > > Subject: [ntdev] Re: XP 2K compatibility
> > >
> > >
> > > Tomer Goldberg wrote:
> > > > what are the compatibility issues for
> > > > monolithic drivers (hardware to user mode device)
> > > > that were developed for 2K.
> > >
> > > Can you try to ask a more focused question? This one
> calls for a few
> > > hundred pages worth of answer…
> > >
> > > –
> > > Walter Oney, Consulting and Training
> > > Basic and Advanced Driver Programming Seminars
> > > Now teaming with John Hyde for USB Device Engineering Seminars
> > > Check out our schedule at http://www.oneysoft.com
> > >
> > > —
> > > You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@royatech.com
> > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Tomer Goldberg wrote:

Well its quite simple
I have a driver for a data
acquisition hardware that was developed
for win2k (WDM PNP).
Monolithic PCI hw. driver,
not a filter or a miniport.

can I use this binary/inf
for WinXP ?

rebuild it with XP DDK ?

or which intefaces should
I revise to support WinXP ?

It
Should
Work
Just
Fine

–
Walter Oney, Consulting and Training
Basic and Advanced Driver Programming Seminars
Now teaming with John Hyde for USB Device Engineering Seminars
Check out our schedule at http://www.oneysoft.com