Re: problems with NDIS driver and convertion for a Marvel Yukon Gigabit chip

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:42:07 +0000 (GMT)
wpaul_at_FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) wrote:

> > Ran into a few problems with ndisgen today.
> > 
> > I have to edit every instance of the following out to get it to
> > convert.
> > Magic Packet = "Magic Packet"
> > Pattern Match = "Pattern Match"
> > Mag Pack Patt Match = "Magic Packet & Pattern Match"
> > Link Change = "Link Change"
> > 
> > 
> > Upon loading the driver I get...
> > no match for ExUnregisterCallback
> > no match for ZwPowerInformation
> > no match for ExRegisterCallback
> > no match for ExCreateCallback
> > no match for ZwUnmapViewOfSection
> > no match for ZwMapViewOfSection
> > no match for ZwOpenSection
> > no match for wcslen
> > 
> > Any chance of getting this working or any suggestions?
> > 
> 
> Ok, had I read the subject line of your mail fully I'd have known
> what driver it was. I'm a dolt and I've clearly had too long of a
> day.
> 
> Here are the problems:
> 
> - I don't know exactly what driver image you have. Unless you
>   provide the URL for where you got it to put a copy somewhere,
>   I can't really analyze it.

http://marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=118&pId=6

IIRC the installer dumps it Program Files/Marvell  It is where I
grabbed the .sys and .

> - The .inf parser is not perfect. It's actually much stricter
>   about syntax than Windows is. Stuff that works ok for Windows
>   may be flagged as a syntax error by ndiscvt. If someone wants
>   to help fix this, they're welcome to. (No kernel hacking
>   required.)

Cool, any suggested reads?
 
> - I have no earthy idea why Marvell is referencing these functions
>   in their driver. They're totally outside the NDIS spec. I'd be
>   rather surprised that such a driver was able to get WHQL
>   certification. (Assuming it did.)
> 
> - This is Marvell. Given the rotten treatment I've had from them
>   in the past, I'm not inclined to do them any favors now, so I'm
>   not exactly inclined to fix this anytime soon.

Fun, what happened, if I may ask?