Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What are the steps needed to rename Microsoft NDISPROT driver?
A. If you are not an experienced
NDIS driver developer, then it may be easy to overlook all of the steps
necessary to "rename" the Microsoft NDISPROT driver sample.
It is obvious that the file name must be changed, but you may not notice that
other internal names must also be changed to insure that the resulting renamed
driver does not conflict with the standard NDISPROT driver. In addition, some
changes must be made to the .INF file as well as the companion UIOTEST
application.
Here are the steps to "rename" NDISPROT" to the new name "AcmeNet" for the "AcmeNet,
Inc.".
1.) Make a copy of the NDISPROT folder.
2.) Rename it AcmeNet
3.) Go to the AcmeNet\sys folder.
4.) Edit the AcmeNet\sys\SOURCES file to change the TARGETNAME:
WAS: TARGETNAME=ndisprot
IS: TARGETNAME=AcmeNet
4.) Edit the AcmeNet\sys\ntdisp.c file to change the protoName:
WAS: protoName = NDIS_STRING_CONST("NdisProt");
IS: protoName = NDIS_STRING_CONST("AcmeNet");
5.) Edit the AcmeNet\sys\ndisprot.h file to change the NT_DEVICE_NAME and the
DOS_DEVICE_NAME:
WAS:
#define NT_DEVICE_NAME L"\\Device\\NdisProt"
#define DOS_DEVICE_NAME L"\\DosDevices\\NdisProt"
IS:
#define NT_DEVICE_NAME L"\\Device\\AcmeNet"
#define DOS_DEVICE_NAME L"\\DosDevices\\AcmeNet"
6.) Use the DDK Build command to build the AcmeNet driver.
7.) Edit the AcmeNet\test\uiotest.c file to change the NdisProtDevice:
WAS: NdisProtDevice[] = "\\\\.\\\\NdisProt";
IS: NdisProtDevice[] = "\\\\.\\\\AcmeNet";
8.) Use the DDK Build command to rebuild the uiotest application.
9.) Copy the ndisprot.inf file to AcmeNet.inf
10.) Edit the AcmeNet.inf file:
Global replace: ndisprot -> acmenet
Global replace: NDISPROT -> ACMENET
Global replace: Msft -> Acme
Global replace: Microsoft -> AcmeNet, Inc.
Additional Edits:
WAS:
ACMENET_Desc = Sample NDIS Protocol Driver"
ACMENET_HelpText = "A driver to support
user-mode I/O on NDIS devices"
IS:
ACMENET_Desc = AcmeNet NDIS Protocol Driver"
ACMENET_HelpText = "AcmeNet user-mode I/O on
NDIS devices"
11.) Install AcmeNet.sys using AcmeNet.inf. The new uiotest.exe application
should work with the AcmeNet.sys driver.
I have not actually tried this myself, but these are the steps.
