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From: decoder on 6 May 2008 15:01 The MS site has the following DDK available for free download: Windows Server 2003 SP1 DDK [ 236 MB ISO file] Are the WDK6000 and 6001 versions still considered beta? I cannot even find the WDK6000 version for download... Does the 2003 SP1 DDK support Vista? Which one(s) should be used for production level drivers for XP? Which one(s) should be used for production level drivers for Vista? Thanks -decoder
From: Maxim S. Shatskih on 6 May 2008 14:30 No, WDK 6001 is the last released version, it is not beta. 2003 DDK is obsolete. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft Corporation maxim(a)storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com "decoder" <rcg_golf(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:ueGLFN6rIHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > The MS site has the following DDK available for free download: > > Windows Server 2003 SP1 DDK [ 236 MB ISO file] > > Are the WDK6000 and 6001 versions still considered beta? I cannot even find > the > WDK6000 version for download... > > Does the 2003 SP1 DDK support Vista? > > Which one(s) should be used for production level drivers for XP? > > Which one(s) should be used for production level drivers for Vista? > > Thanks > -decoder > >
From: David Craig on 6 May 2008 14:38 The DDK is dead except if you are targeting something that changed significantly since Server 2003 SP1 such as NDIS. I find that the docs in the older DDK better to understand NDIS 5 than the docs in the WDK which are mostly about NDIS 6. When was the Server 2003 SP1 DDK released compared to the release of Vista? Earlier, I think, so no. I don't think the WDK for Windows 7 is even in Alpha yet, so AFAIK there is no beta WDK currently valid. You need 6001.18000 plus the WDF co-installer update or maybe a 18002 release. The 18001 release is just the 18000 WDK without the WDF co-installers. The WDK does support NDIS 5 drivers, but the docs have been polluted with NDIS 6 so it is hard to learn about NDIS 5 by using it vice the Server 2003 SP1 DDK. You can use the WDK for WHQL to target Vista and XP. "decoder" <rcg_golf(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:ueGLFN6rIHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > The MS site has the following DDK available for free download: > > Windows Server 2003 SP1 DDK [ 236 MB ISO file] > > Are the WDK6000 and 6001 versions still considered beta? I cannot even > find the > WDK6000 version for download... > > Does the 2003 SP1 DDK support Vista? > > Which one(s) should be used for production level drivers for XP? > > Which one(s) should be used for production level drivers for Vista? > > Thanks > -decoder >
From: Tim Roberts on 8 May 2008 02:20 "David Craig" <drivers(a)nowhere.us> wrote: > >The DDK is dead except if you are targeting something that changed >significantly since Server 2003 SP1 such as NDIS. .... or a display driver .... or a BDA driver The Server 2003 SP1 DDK actually has a lot going for it. -- Tim Roberts, timr(a)probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
From: decoder on 8 May 2008 14:57
>>The DDK is dead except if you are targeting something that changed >>significantly since Server 2003 SP1 such as NDIS. > > ... or a BDA driver > > The Server 2003 SP1 DDK actually has a lot going for it. Are you saying that the Server 2003 SP1 DDK is preferrable to the WDK 6000 for BDA? If so why? Basically I am trying to nail down which DDK/WDK is considered usable for a production level driver that has a BDA and a USB front end? What is the driver community using[build enviroment/samples] for stable drivers? Here's why I ask: 1. I am currently using the WDK version 6000.16386.A. The relnote.htm that comes with the installation reads: When to use this WDK " Use the WDK build environments in this version of the WDK for production-level coding." BUT the relnote.htm that is ACTUALLY installed in the c:\WinDDK\6000 directory reads: "Use the WDK build environments in this version of the WDK for evaluation and preview purposes only. Do not use these WDK build environments for production-level coding. " Which one do I believe??? 2. Additionally, I can not even find the WDK version 6000.16386.A for download anywhere on the MS site. Only the Server 2003 SP1 DDK is available for public download. Does this implicitly mean, according to MS, that the WDK 6000 should not be used except for experimentation? Clarification on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -decoder |