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From: kota on 3 May 2008 08:24 Hi, I am working on a WDF PCI device driver, driver supports PNP functionality. Problem: when driver uninstalled, i had to restart the system in xp-32 & xp-64 before driver installing again, where as this is not required in vista-32 bit pc. Driver installation: I am currently using DIFX tools DpInst for installing & uninstalling the driver. I also verified that my driver unmaps the resources before uninstalling the driver using MmUnmapIoSpace to unmap the PCI memory resources. Device doesnt support power managment capability, so driver also not supporting any power managment functionality, instead it just registers the callback & wont do anything inside. Since this problem is existing only in xp, do i have to take any extra care to avoid system restart? and also, after uninstall system doesnt prompt for restart also. Thanks, Prafulla
From: Maxim S. Shatskih on 3 May 2008 10:47 Can the driver be disabled successfully? Usually, Windows asks for reboot due to driver reinstall due to the old driver being unable to stop. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft Corporation maxim(a)storagecraft.com http://www.storagecraft.com "kota" <kota(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:852EA349-9B56-4C63-A343-8D46973321FB(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I am working on a WDF PCI device driver, driver supports > PNP functionality. > > Problem: when driver uninstalled, i had to restart the system in xp-32 & > xp-64 before driver installing again, where as this is not required in > vista-32 bit pc. > > Driver installation: I am currently using DIFX tools DpInst for installing & > uninstalling the driver. > > I also verified that my driver unmaps the resources before uninstalling the > driver using MmUnmapIoSpace to unmap the PCI memory resources. > > Device doesnt support power managment > capability, so driver also not supporting any power managment functionality, > instead it just registers the callback & wont do anything inside. > > > Since this problem is existing only in xp, do i have to take any extra care > to avoid system restart? and also, after uninstall system doesnt prompt for > restart also. > > > Thanks, > Prafulla
From: chris.aseltine on 4 May 2008 23:29
On May 3, 7:24 am, kota <k...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Problem: when driver uninstalled, i had to restart the system in xp-32 & > xp-64 before driver installing again, where as this is not required in > vista-32 bit pc. Does your driver pass PNPDTest? Specifically, the rebalance test? |