Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [ekohl] 51813: [MSPORTS] - Implement a simple class installer that assigns the friendly name "Serial Port (COMx)" to all serial ports. - Enable the class installer in ports.inf. - Add parallel port...

[Eric Kohl]

Hello Alex!

Thank you very much for letting us all know that the source code for 
msports is available in the DDK!

BUT!
a) I know that for several years! And I guess other developer know that 
too. There is absolutely no need to point us to the obvious!
b) I do not like Microsoft code in the ReactOS code base.
c) The DDK sample is incomplete. It uses the ComDB functions but does 
not implement them for an obvious reason. Finding this reason is left to 
the reader as an exercise.
d) It is much easier to get a simple piece of code running and extend it 
bit by bit than getting the whole DLL running at once. My latest commits 
to the setupapi dll are a result of the work on msports and another 
class installer.

Now, take your DDK and play somehere else!

Regards,
Eric

>   The source code for msports is already available in
> the DDK.
>  
>  --
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>