[ros-dev] NDIS 6

[Filip Navara]

Aliberti Emanuele wrote:

> NDIS 6 to come in Longhorn.
> MS again changes how network is implemented in NT 5.1.
>
> http://www.ndis.com/news/longhornnetdevnews.htm

I have read the WHDC papers about NDIS 6 and in fact the major changes are
- Minor extensions to miniport interface (as in every NDIS version 
before). This includes some added *Ex functions and now 
NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver function that overcomes 
NdisMInitializeWrapper+NdisMRegisterMiniport combo.
- Native support for IEEE 802.11a/b.
- Net buffers (a technology to manage packet pools used by miniports and 
IM drivers).

Regards,
Filip