Re: [ros-dev] NDIS 6

[Aliberti Emanuele]

Filip Navara wrote:

>   I have read the WHDC papers about NDIS 6 and in fact
> the major changes 
>  are
>  - Minor extensions to miniport interface (as in every NDIS version 
>  before). This includes some added *Ex functions and now 
>  NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver function that overcomes 
>  NdisMInitializeWrapper+NdisMRegisterMiniport combo.
>  - Native support for IEEE 802.11a/b.
>  - Net buffers (a technology to manage packet pools used by miniports 
>  and IM drivers). 
They say using NDIS 5 drivers will be possible, but at the cost of minor 
performance.
Does it mean those net buffers can not be used by NDIS 5 drivers?

Emanuele