What WDK to use for WDF 1.7 ?

We need to distribute a driver with WDF 1.7. It has to work on all OSes (XP,
Vista, Win7). What WDK should we install to get the right coinstallers?

WDK 6001.18001, which contains coinstallers 6001.18000, comes with the
following readme (here truncated): "WDK ... 6001.18000 ... DO NOT DISTRIBUTE"

I believe we need WDK 6001.18002, which appears to be the latest WDF 1.7.
Where can we get this? I don't see it on my MSDN subscriber downloads.

Thanks,

/ Hannes.

why not kmdf v1.9 (Which is what is on w7 anyways). since you have to have
xp which has no inbox version of kmdf, there is no minimum version of kmdf
you can bind to that would eliminate the need for the coinstaller to go in
your package

d

--

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Hannes" <> wrote in message
news:4ECE8AEC-B476-40BB-B9A9-...
> We need to distribute a driver with WDF 1.7. It has to work on all OSes
> (XP,
> Vista, Win7). What WDK should we install to get the right coinstallers?
>
> WDK 6001.18001, which contains coinstallers 6001.18000, comes with the
> following readme (here truncated): "WDK ... 6001.18000 ... DO NOT
> DISTRIBUTE"
>
> I believe we need WDK 6001.18002, which appears to be the latest WDF 1.7.
> Where can we get this? I don't see it on my MSDN subscriber downloads.
>
> Thanks,
>
> / Hannes.

Sorry, we can't use WDF 1.9 for multiple reasons:
1 - We have multiple customers who can't accept a restart of their XP and
Vista machines during their manufacturing process. Installing a WDF 1.9
driver requires a reboot to update WDF, which takes too long durnig
manufacturing.
2 - Our existing driver was developed and verified on WDF 1.7, and we can't
introduce new risk at this time. WDF 1.9 may be considered for next driver
redesign.

Please help us understand which WDF 1.7 version to use, and what WDK to
install.

Thanks,

/ Hannes.

"Doron Holan [MSFT]" wrote:

> why not kmdf v1.9 (Which is what is on w7 anyways). since you have to have
> xp which has no inbox version of kmdf, there is no minimum version of kmdf
> you can bind to that would eliminate the need for the coinstaller to go in
> your package
>
> d
>
> --
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Hannes" <> wrote in message
> news:4ECE8AEC-B476-40BB-B9A9-...
> > We need to distribute a driver with WDF 1.7. It has to work on all OSes
> > (XP,
> > Vista, Win7). What WDK should we install to get the right coinstallers?
> >
> > WDK 6001.18001, which contains coinstallers 6001.18000, comes with the
> > following readme (here truncated): "WDK ... 6001.18000 ... DO NOT
> > DISTRIBUTE"
> >
> > I believe we need WDK 6001.18002, which appears to be the latest WDF 1.7.
> > Where can we get this? I don't see it on my MSDN subscriber downloads.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > / Hannes.
>
> .
>

the 6001 WDK contains v1.7. Vista RTM will still require a reboot for v1.7,
only vista sp1 ships with kmdf v1.7. KMDF v1.9 is a minor upgrade from
v1.7, it should require little to no work to upgrade

d

"Hannes" wrote in message
news:A6E4BE07-6526-4867-ABB2-...

Sorry, we can't use WDF 1.9 for multiple reasons:
1 - We have multiple customers who can't accept a restart of their XP and
Vista machines during their manufacturing process. Installing a WDF 1.9
driver requires a reboot to update WDF, which takes too long durnig
manufacturing.
2 - Our existing driver was developed and verified on WDF 1.7, and we can't
introduce new risk at this time. WDF 1.9 may be considered for next driver
redesign.

Please help us understand which WDF 1.7 version to use, and what WDK to
install.

Thanks,

/ Hannes.

"Doron Holan [MSFT]" wrote:

> why not kmdf v1.9 (Which is what is on w7 anyways). since you have to
> have
> xp which has no inbox version of kmdf, there is no minimum version of kmdf
> you can bind to that would eliminate the need for the coinstaller to go in
> your package
>
> d
>
> --
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
> "Hannes" <> wrote in message
> news:4ECE8AEC-B476-40BB-B9A9-...
> > We need to distribute a driver with WDF 1.7. It has to work on all OSes
> > (XP,
> > Vista, Win7). What WDK should we install to get the right coinstallers?
> >
> > WDK 6001.18001, which contains coinstallers 6001.18000, comes with the
> > following readme (here truncated): "WDK ... 6001.18000 ... DO NOT
> > DISTRIBUTE"
> >
> > I believe we need WDK 6001.18002, which appears to be the latest WDF
> > 1.7.
> > Where can we get this? I don't see it on my MSDN subscriber downloads.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > / Hannes.
>
> .
>

-What build of 6001 should we use? (e.g. 18000, 18001, 18002)
-Where can we download this? I can't find 6001 on MSDN Subscriber Downloads.

/ Hannes.

"Doron Holan [MSFT]" wrote:

> the 6001 WDK contains v1.7. Vista RTM will still require a reboot for v1.7,
> only vista sp1 ships with kmdf v1.7. KMDF v1.9 is a minor upgrade from
> v1.7, it should require little to no work to upgrade
>
> d
>
> "Hannes" wrote in message
> news:A6E4BE07-6526-4867-ABB2-...
>
> Sorry, we can't use WDF 1.9 for multiple reasons:
> 1 - We have multiple customers who can't accept a restart of their XP and
> Vista machines during their manufacturing process. Installing a WDF 1.9
> driver requires a reboot to update WDF, which takes too long durnig
> manufacturing.
> 2 - Our existing driver was developed and verified on WDF 1.7, and we can't
> introduce new risk at this time. WDF 1.9 may be considered for next driver
> redesign.
>
> Please help us understand which WDF 1.7 version to use, and what WDK to
> install.
>
> Thanks,
>
> / Hannes.
>
> "Doron Holan [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > why not kmdf v1.9 (Which is what is on w7 anyways). since you have to
> > have
> > xp which has no inbox version of kmdf, there is no minimum version of kmdf
> > you can bind to that would eliminate the need for the coinstaller to go in
> > your package
> >
> > d
> >
> > --
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> >
> >
> > "Hannes" <> wrote in message
> > news:4ECE8AEC-B476-40BB-B9A9-...
> > > We need to distribute a driver with WDF 1.7. It has to work on all OSes
> > > (XP,
> > > Vista, Win7). What WDK should we install to get the right coinstallers?
> > >
> > > WDK 6001.18001, which contains coinstallers 6001.18000, comes with the
> > > following readme (here truncated): "WDK ... 6001.18000 ... DO NOT
> > > DISTRIBUTE"
> > >
> > > I believe we need WDK 6001.18002, which appears to be the latest WDF
> > > 1.7.
> > > Where can we get this? I don't see it on my MSDN subscriber downloads.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > / Hannes.
> >
> > .
> >
>
> .
>

"Hannes" <> wrote in message
news:A6E4BE07-6526-4867-ABB2-...
> Sorry, we can't use WDF 1.9 for multiple reasons:
> 1 - We have multiple customers who can't accept a restart of their XP and
> Vista machines during their manufacturing process. Installing a WDF 1.9
> driver requires a reboot to update WDF, which takes too long durnig
> manufacturing.

Hannes,
just out of curiosity - how do they install other system updates that
require restart?
-- pa

Hannes <> wrote:
>
>-What build of 6001 should we use? (e.g. 18000, 18001, 18002)

18002. 18000 was the original release, but the KMDF inside it had an
install bug. They quickly released 18001 with KMDF removed, and then 18002
with the fixed one.
--
Tim Roberts,
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

18002 - thanks!

I did eventually find this WDK on MSDN, it is called "Windows Driver Kit –
Server 2008 Release SP1".

Thanks both for your help!

/ Hannes.

"Tim Roberts" wrote:

> Hannes <> wrote:
> >
> >-What build of 6001 should we use? (e.g. 18000, 18001, 18002)
>
> 18002. 18000 was the original release, but the KMDF inside it had an
> install bug. They quickly released 18001 with KMDF removed, and then 18002
> with the fixed one.
> --
> Tim Roberts,
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
> .
>

I am not sure. I guess they install one embedded device at a time, rebooting
etc as neccessary.

/ Hannes.

"Pavel A." wrote:

> "Hannes" <> wrote in message
> news:A6E4BE07-6526-4867-ABB2-...
> > Sorry, we can't use WDF 1.9 for multiple reasons:
> > 1 - We have multiple customers who can't accept a restart of their XP and
> > Vista machines during their manufacturing process. Installing a WDF 1.9
> > driver requires a reboot to update WDF, which takes too long durnig
> > manufacturing.
>
> Hannes,
> just out of curiosity - how do they install other system updates that
> require restart?
> -- pa
>
>