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Rough time estimate for HID Miniport?
Posted by Mark McDougall on January 17th, 2005


Hi all,

I've got some experience writing USB drivers using bulk transfers but
have not yet implemented a HID device driver in any form.

I have a potential client that wants a driver written for an input
device (USB) that is HID compliant. However, the firmware appears as two
separate HID devices (with data coming in on 2 EPs).

My client would like a HID (miniport?) driver written that intercepts
these HID reports and presents a single HID compliant device to Windows.
Will I be writing a miniport or a filter driver? Since the 'composite'
device will simply concatenate the two reports there should be a
relatively thin layer. Any ball-park figures for how long I can expect
that to take?

Also, the second phase of the project is to extend the driver stack to
emulate a serial device (with the required protocol conversion). Again,
am I looking at a filter driver here? And how long?

I intend to get a copy of Walt's book ASAP but would like to hear
opinions on how long I can expect this process to take?

TIA
Regards,

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Mark McDougall, Software Engineer
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