Re: [ Help ] API or Device Driver for Ethernet ?

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If you are developing an Ethernet Card you will need a device driver. What
do you mean developing an API? Most Ethernet cards are there to talk
standard protocols so there is no API to be developed only an NDIS driver.


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"Mahesh" <mmp.cse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

We are developing Ethernet Card of 1GBps, and i am involved in API
developing.

I wanted to ask whether the following is correct architecture ?.

API API

| |
----\/------- -----\/----------

device or Ethernet
driver ------------------

|
----\/-------
Etheret
Card


Please help me in this regard. Would be great full if you could assist
more in this case.


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