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Re: how to write a "hard drive" driver

Lloyd Dupont

11/3/2003 2:24:00 AM

no worries, I found this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/UPnPDevi...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndevice/html/driverhowto.asp?...

"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message news:...
> Well, reading all of you writing a file system driver seems to be quite a
> daunting task.
> this being a personnal project I plan to release commercially one day, I
> think I will postpone the "hard-drive" back end.
>
> 2 question remaining though:
> - about this shell extension, could you give me one function name, I could
> start search for ?
> - How could it be that writting a driver is so hard ?
> I just want to provide a bunch of function, I would guess about ten ?
> the 4 basic C file IO function (open(), close(), read() write()) and maybe
a
> a few others ...
>
> integrate won't be hard, I could always having 2 process which talk
through
> socket/pipe/shared memory ...
>
> "Kirk Ferdmann" <kirk_ferdmann@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0bidnffH1skZLDiiRVn-sA@comcast.com...
> > "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message
> > news:u27CkSaoDHA.1632@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I'm writting a C# network application, which could expose its data as
a
> > file
> > > system.
> > > I was thinking to have one back-end which would install itself as a
> > > hard-drive on the client's computer, I would host the .NET runtime in
my
> > > driver, which has to be written in C, I suppose ?
> >
> > It don't think it's feasible given all the dependencies on things that
are
> > not available in kernel mode.
> >
> > > could some one gives me some direction on how to implement the driver
?
> >
> > Since you're talking about FS driver you will have to start by getting
> > yourself a copy of IFS kit (cost about $1000). Documentation is included
> in
> > the kit. This will take you a few man-years to get implemented.
> >
> > Alternatively consider using shell namespace extensions. They are
> documented
> > in MSDN. And being completely user-mode beast they should integrate with
> > .NET fairly easy. Not to mention that they are much easier to implement.
> >
> > -Kirk
> >
> >
>
>