Re: Using NdisMRgisterDevice() function in NDIS IM driver

From: Maxim S. Shatskih (maxim_at_storagecraft.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:31:17 +0300

    No need in using this function in CE.

    In CE, NDISUIO is a standard and documented part of the OS (unlike Windows
NT), so, custom OIDs and NDISUIO IOCTLs can be used to control the NDIS driver.
This lessens the amount of code down to 1 screenful in the app and several
lines in the driver. 

-- 
Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com
<ganesan.nagrajan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d4b11c04.0411251840.78471b74@posting.google.com...
> Hi all
>
> Thanks for the Help in advance.
>
> I am trying to register a NDIS IM driver thru NdisRegisterDevice(),
> but only NIDS.H header shows this function. None of the
> library(nids.lib etc.) has this function. Does any know, if this
> function is supported in CE?
>
> If NOT, How do we communicate from NDIS IM driver to user mode apps in
> CE, through IOCTLs?
>
>
> Thanks
> Ganesan

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