Can anyone give me some information on NDIS 5.2 ? I see that this release
works with the Scalable Networking Pack, but I dont know which DDK supports
this release and how can we make our drivers participate in that initiative.

LucaC wrote:
AFAIK, no special DDK is required. All you need is the NDIS 5.2
Wrapper.

See also:

The Cable Guy - June 2006
"Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack Overview"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0606.mspx
-> see also section "For More Information"

"Network Architecture and Drivers"
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device.../netintro.mspx
-> section "Network Task Offload and RSS"

"Boosting Data Transfer with TCP Offload Engine Technology"
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global...2-Broadcom.pdf

Stephan

There is a special DDK (by that I mean NDIS header files and library) that
you need in order to write an NDIS 5.2 driver. You only need to write an
NDIS 5.2 driver if you want to do either RSS or TCP chimney offload. NDIS
5.2 drivers do not run on either XP or Vista. They only run on W2K3 +
Scalable Networking Pack or future service packs of W2K3 server.

Please send mail to ndis6fbnospam@microsoft.online.com (remove nospam and
online from the address) for more information on NDIS 5.2 and getting the
required header and libraries. You need to use your company's email address
and your real name, etc. when you send mail to this alias.

-ali

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"LucaC" <LucaC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the info Ali. I am wondering if there is any publicly
available information on the requirements on NDIS 5.2 from a developer
perspective, besides what you wrote here. That is, I could not manage
to find any such information e.g. on the WHDC site.

Stephan
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Alireza Dabagh [MS] wrote: