Device Drivers

WINDDK help fails to start w/ cannot open the file ...\winddk.col
sirip wrote: *When I try to start WINDDK documentation from Programs->Development Kits->Windows DDK 3790.1830->Help->DDK Documentation, it fails with following error Cannot open the file : C:\WINDDK\3790~1.183\help\winddk.col Any help would be very much appreciated. I've tried complete un... 27 Mar 2008 07:28

IoGetDeviceProperty returns STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
In the AddDevice() handler from our driver for USB device, we call the IoGetDeviceProperty() and it returns STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND. We use the same PhysicalDeviceObject given as a parameter in the AddDevice() handler. Can you see one possible reason for this ? Our driver is BDA driver with USB WDM lowe... 31 Mar 2008 06:49

NdisMSetMiniportAttributes Fails With NDIS 6.1 Miniport
Hi! I'm running into failures with my NDIS 6.1 miniport when it calls NdisMSetMiniportAttributes to register its NDIS_MINIPORT_ADAPTER_OFFLOAD_ATTRIBUTES. Although this driver supports TOE, I see STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED returned from NdisMSetMiniportAttributes regardless of whether I set DefaultTcpConnectionOff... 19 Mar 2008 17:25

Avstream Architecture Question
Hello, I have a basic avstream architecture question. After piling through the docs as well as the avshws and wd3ksproxy examples, I still have a disconnect that I cannot resolve. I am to write an avstream directshow driver for a video frame grabber. This frame grabber already has a wdm style device driver which m... 26 Feb 2008 13:21

How can I request OIDs to Native 802.11 miniport driver?
Dear all, We have completed a Native 802.11 wireless lan miniport driver, which passed NDISTest6.5 and worked very well. We plan to implement a proprietary security type, named WAPI. As the WDK document says, we developed a Native 802.11 IHV extensions DLL to implement the WAPI security. It works well, but onl... 21 Feb 2008 14:20

WDF - how to share interrupt between two driver those are in the same stack?
Hi all, I have a PCI card and I need to create a KMDF bus driver and create a static KMDF child driver above that bus driver. The bus driver can get hardware resources and the WDF automatically connects and disconnects interrupts for the driver . In the WDM, I can create a IOCTL to get interrupt resource fro... 21 Feb 2008 14:20

Application can not receive WM_DEVICECHANGE
Hi There, Is any one out there know under what situation an application will not be able to receive WM_DEVICECHANGE? I used an OmniVision Web cam demo board with driver. And I wrote an application which is supposed to receive the WM_DEVICECHANGE message, but it did not receive the message. The RegisterDe... 1 Feb 2008 00:27

DRIVER_VERIFIER_IOMANAGER_VIOLATION in mouhid.sys on XP
Hi, I'm writing a HID filter using KMDF (1.5) and get a BSOD with the PnPDTest ReBalance resources test under driver verifier on XP. The problem is not present on Vista. DRIVER_VERIFIER_IOMANAGER_VIOLATION (c9) The IO manager has caught a misbehaving driver. Arguments: Arg1: 00000006, IRP passed to IoCom... 17 Jan 2008 08:09

MSVAD buffer size problem.
I am developing virtual audio device driver for Windows XP. I am using MSVAD sample (Simple) provided in Windows 2003 DDK. I have made following changes in MSVAD sample When CopyTo function is called, I put the data to the FIFO buffer, and then when CopyFrom function is called, I just copy the data from that FI... 9 Jan 2008 06:19

NDIS Mux sample
I worked with NDIS 5.2 and try to create a VLAN. If I understand correctly I should use an intermediate driver for this propose, searching the WDK documentation points me to mux sample. I installed it on XP 64 bits, and after installation it appears multiple times one for each physical NIC I have on the machine... 1 Jan 2008 11:19