WDK not working

[മഹേഷ് മുകുന്ദന് | Mahesh M]

hi..
I tried the latest WDK provided by Micrsoft -
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/f/90f019ac-8243-48d3-91cf-81fc409...

It was attached to Qemu as a CDROM. It did boot showing the D:\ But I
couldnt install it. I tried installing via wine in Lenny.That too didnt
work. Any help.. Can i get an alternative older one that works with ROS?
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Mahesh M
Happy hacking...
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> I tried the latest WDK provided by Micrsoft -
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/f/90f019ac-8243-48d3-91cf-81fc409...

This is the last DDK, i.e. the last one before Microsoft started to call them WDK (with Vista onwards). Supposedly this is the problem, because back then the DDK did *not* include the IFS-Kit, as the WDK does now. I think you need an MSDN subscription to get to the WDK nowadays, but not 100% sure ...

// Oliver
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[മഹേഷ് മുകുന്ദന് | Mahesh M]

Ifs is required for it to get installed??why?

Will a driver for xp work in ros? what should be the os version i should
target? They do provide something like nt files, but nothing to compile to
nt compatible form(prima facia). I'm working on vfs implementation to
ros.Has any work been done in that direction yet? i didnt find any but for
ifs, though conceptually different.

2008/10/8 [e-mail]
> > I tried the latest WDK provided by Micrsoft -
>
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/f/90f019ac-8243-48d3-91cf-81fc409...
>
> This is the last DDK, i.e. the last one before Microsoft started to call
> them WDK (with Vista onwards). Supposedly this is the problem, because back
> then the DDK did *not* include the IFS-Kit, as the WDK does now. I think you
> need an MSDN subscription to get to the WDK nowadays, but not 100% sure ...
> // Oliver
>
> DDKWizard and DDKBUILD: http://ddkwizard.assarbad.net
>
> Trunk (potentially unstable) version: <
> http://ddkwizard.assarbad.net/trunk/ddkbuild.cmd%3E
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
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Mahesh M
Happy hacking...
       ,           ,
      /             \
((__-^^-,-^^-__))
   `-_---' `---_-'
     `--|o` 'o|--'
          \  `  /
           ): :(
          :o_o:
            "-"

> Ifs is required for it to get installed??why?

If you are supposed to have the WDK, then it's likely that the IFS part is required as well. And that has only been included starting with the Vista WDK. In earlier times you could and had to purchase the separate IFS kit to get the same functionality.

Since you work on VFS, I'd presume you need the IFS part, unless ReactOS provides some substitute for the respective headers and static libs.

// Oliver
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DDKWizard and DDKBUILD: http://ddkwizard.assarbad.net

Trunk (potentially unstable) version: http://ddkwizard.assarbad.net/trunk/ddkbuild.cmd

[Zachary Gorden]

Don't try installing the WDK, DDK, or SDKs on ReactOS.  It's not going to
work at this point.  Install it on Windows if you want to actually make use
of it.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:34 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Ifs is required for it to get installed??why?
>
> If you are supposed to have the WDK, then it's likely that the IFS part is
> required as well. And that has only been included starting with the Vista
> WDK. In earlier times you could and had to purchase the separate IFS kit to
> get the same functionality.
>
> Since you work on VFS, I'd presume you need the IFS part, unless ReactOS
> provides some substitute for the respective headers and static libs.
> // Oliver
>
> DDKWizard and DDKBUILD: http://ddkwizard.assarbad.net
>
> Trunk (potentially unstable) version: <
> http://ddkwizard.assarbad.net/trunk/ddkbuild.cmd%3E
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Timo Kreuzer]

As an alternative to the MS DDK/WDK, you could use ros-sources. It
includes the headers (not 100% complete), libraries will be build. Use
RosBE as compiler and you can build your drivers. That's how our drivers
are build. DDK docs are online and this way you can build your driver
from windows and linux.

മഹേഷ് മുകുന്ദന് | Mahesh M schrieb:
> hi..
> I tried the latest WDK provided by Micrsoft -
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/f/90f019ac-8243-48d3-91cf-81fc409...
>
> It was attached to Qemu as a CDROM. It did boot showing the D:\ But I
> couldnt install it. I tried installing via wine in Lenny.That too didnt
> work. Any help.. Can i get an alternative older one that works with ROS?
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Sarocet]

Timo Kreuzer wrote:
> As an alternative to the MS DDK/WDK, you could use ros-sources. It
> includes the headers (not 100% complete), libraries will be build. Use
> RosBE as compiler and you can build your drivers. That's how our drivers
> are build. DDK docs are online and this way you can build your driver
> from windows and linux.

Docs are based on DDK, usually referring to DDK samples. Are there some 
basic explanation
about how to create them with the ROS system? (I searched on the wiki, 
but didn't see it)