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DRIVER : mwdd32 : 32 bits OS/2 device driver and IFS support V1.40

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthieu WILLM)
Tue Oct 29 19:48:08 1996

To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 30 Oct 1996 00:30:33 GMT
From: willm@ibm.net (Matthieu WILLM)
Reply-To: willm@ibm.net (Matthieu WILLM)

Reply-to:     willm@ibm.net (Matthieu WILLM)
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                   MWDD32 VERSION 1.40

WHAT IS MWDD32  ?
-----------------
mwdd32 is a package that allows the implementation of 32 bits OS/2 device
drivers (BASEDEV and DEVICE) as well as 32 bits Installable File Systems (IFS)
and 32 bits OS/2 security drivers (SES). It is composed of several parts :

    - a base device driver (mwdd32.sys) that provides kernel services
      (DevHelp) and utility functions callable from 32 bits ring 0 code.
    - a static library (fsh32.lib) that provides thunks from 16 bits IFS entry
      points to 32 bits, and 32 bits interfaces to FSHelper functions.
    - a sample 32 bits BASEDEV base device driver skeleton, with sources.
    - a sample 32 bits DEVICE device driver skeleton, with sources.
    - a sample 32 bits IFS (Installable File System) driver skeleton, with
      sources.
    - a sample 32 bits OS/2 SES (Security Enabling Services) base device driver skeleton,
      with sources.

MAIN NEW FEATURES SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASE :
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- More DevHelp interface supported (hardware interrupt DevHelp, and support
  for 32 bits interrupt handlers).
- Some bug fixes

SUPPORTED OS/2 VERSIONS :
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- OS/2 WARP V4
- OS/2 WARP V3 with fixpack 17 or higher
- OS/2 WARP V3 without any fixpack applied (except for the sample SES driver)

REQUIREMENTS :
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- IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 with latest CSD, the IBM Devcon DDK V2, as well as IBM
  ALP 4.0 are needed to write 32 bits drivers using this package.
- A file system supporting long file names (eg HPFS for instance) is required.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE :
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This package is licensed under terms of the the GNU General Public License.

WHERE TO FIND MWDD32 :
----------------------
  ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/os2/dev32/32drv140.zip (or /incoming)
  ftp://ftp.leo.org/os2/drivers/source/32drv140.zip (or /incoming/os2)
  ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/dev32/32drv140.zip (or /pub/os2/incoming)

DISCLAIMER :
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The fact that I work for IBM has nothing to do with this package : this is
spare time work. IT IS ***NOT*** OFFICIAL IBM SUPPORT FOR 32 BITS OS/2
PHYSICAL DEVICE DRIVERS OR IFS.

Matthieu WILLM                           I do *NOT* speak for IBM ...
Home : willm@ibm.net Work : mwillm@vnet.ibm.com
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