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From: Kid on 19 Apr 2008 13:50
Hi

Do you know what special features these two toolchains have ?

Is there any case that they are more convenient then WDK ?

Does DriverStudio not support Windows Vista now ?

Thank you .

From: ngc7538 on 19 Apr 2008 16:34
Kid wrote:
> Hi
>
> Do you know what special features these two toolchains have ?
>
> Is there any case that they are more convenient then WDK ?
>
> Does DriverStudio not support Windows Vista now ?
>
> Thank you .
>
I wouldnt bother with either. Invest your time in studying the DDK
samples that bear some similarity to the problems you are trying to
solve instead. I have not used WinDriver but I could not recommend
DriverStudio. It's complex and most importantly not in the sprit of the
DDK (it uses C++ for example) which will make it harder for you to
understand the DDK samples.

Sadly I think the user mode ethos of hiding the details by using other
people's libraries does not really apply for drivers. You have to
understand it or you will never be able to figure out why it doesnt
work. Probably worth checking out umdf/ kmdf if this suits your
hardware. But note that this does not include source so again may just
obscure things.

The DDK+Windbg is a really neat toolset and the samples these days seem
very good indeed.
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