XP NDIS IM driver signing

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Hello,

I am currently reviewing the Windows XP HCT 10.0 - NDIS IM software-only
driver testing overview. Needless to say, I have a few questions.

  1. Has anyone actually tried this? If so, please share your experience.

  2. Do companies typically purchase all the hardware and run the test
    themselves? Or, are these tests commonly run at third party testing
    centers? I am specifically refering to the FoxFire II cards and a dual
    processor configured with a minimum of 5Gig of RAM.

  3. What is meant by “Ethernet devices (for message card operation)?”
    This bullet item is separated out from the network adapter list. Is this
    another type of network device?

  4. What exactly is a FoxFire II card? Is it a PCI bus network adapter?
    Is it a device that attaches to the PCI bus and tracks write latency,
    BIOS testing, and power management of all PCI connected devices of which
    include my network devices?

  5. This document refers to “Other USB devices and modems.” In addition
    to modems and USB network adapters, what other USB devices exist?

Thanks,
Dave

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Answers inline:

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McCowan [mailto:xxxxx@okena.com]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:55 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] XP NDIS IM driver signing

Hello,

I am currently reviewing the Windows XP HCT 10.0 - NDIS IM software-only
driver testing overview. Needless to say, I have a few questions.

  1. Has anyone actually tried this? If so, please share your experience.

  2. Do companies typically purchase all the hardware and run the test
    themselves? Or, are these tests commonly run at third party testing
    centers? I am specifically refering to the FoxFire II cards and a dual
    processor configured with a minimum of 5Gig of RAM.

**A: My experience has been that you get the best results running it
yourself because you’re the only one that can track down any failures in a
timely fashion and respond to it.

  1. What is meant by “Ethernet devices (for message card operation)?”
    This bullet item is separated out from the network adapter list. Is this
    another type of network device?

  2. What exactly is a FoxFire II card? Is it a PCI bus network adapter?
    Is it a device that attaches to the PCI bus and tracks write latency,
    BIOS testing, and power management of all PCI connected devices of which
    include my network devices?

**A: The FoxFire II card is a PCI card that allows it to force PME events,
do latency checks, and so on. It’s required to be in the system for almost
every category of device that I’ve seen.

  1. This document refers to “Other USB devices and modems.” In addition
    to modems and USB network adapters, what other USB devices exist?

Thanks,
Dave

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On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:55:28 -0500, Dave McCowan
wrote:

>3. What is meant by “Ethernet devices (for message card operation)?”
>This bullet item is separated out from the network adapter list. Is this
>another type of network device?

The message card is used for individual test setup/results
communication between the test machine and the “test server” machine.
You’d usually want to use the Ethernet card that comes with the
machine for this purpose.

Stephan