Re: IOCTL_NDIS_QUERY_GLOBAL_STATS on CE/PPC 2003

From: Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] (ptobey_no_spam_at_instrument_no_spam.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:31:23 -0700

The situation *is* different (totally), on Windows CE, at least for a lot of
things. Maybe you should define what it is that you are actually trying to
do, rather than how you're trying to do it...

Paul T.

"Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@storagecraft.com> wrote in message
news:eg66xWL$DHA.688@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Well... you're right in the point that NDISUIO also has the "query
OID"
> IOCTL, but IOCTL_NDIS_QUERY_GLOBAL_STATS has no connections to NDISUIO.
>
> In fact, NDISUIO (at least on Windows, maybe the CE picture is
another) is
> just the protocol driver who converts the IOCTLs to things like
NdisRequest,
> WriteFile to NdisSend and so on.
>
> IOCTL_NDIS_QUERY_GLOBAL_STATS talks to NDIS itself, not to some
protocol
> driver. If it has some lame support in CE - then I will use NDISUIO.
>
> --
> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> StorageCraft Corporation
> maxim@storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey_no_spam@instrument_no_spam.com> wrote in
message
> news:OYOYAPL$DHA.3828@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I'd guess that you send that through the NDISUIO driver, which you can
look
> > up in the help. Generally, you open it, then call DeviceIoControl() to
send
> > messages to it.
> >
> > Paul T.
> >
> > "Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@storagecraft.com> wrote in message
> > news:uYN2TAL$DHA.4072@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > I need to send an OID query to my miniport.
> > >
> > > In Windows, I would use IOCTL_NDIS_QUERY_GLOBAL_STATS to do this.
> > >
> > > This IOCTL is also noted in PB and PPC 2003 SDK headers, with no
MSDN
> > > Library (CD version at least) documentation and no sample code.
> > >
> > > Can I call this IOCTL on CE?
> > >
> > > If yes - how must I open and prepare the file handle for it to
denote
> > the
> > > particular adapter, and not just "NDS0:"?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> > > StorageCraft Corporation
> > > maxim@storagecraft.com
> > > http://www.storagecraft.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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