Re: [Openvpn-devel] Windows TAP driver and NDIS 6.0

[Илья Ш. <chi...@gm...>]

I had look at "NDIS 5.1 to NDIS 6.0 migration guide", looks easy
enough, I hope to give a try soon.
also, it is possibility to run tap-driver on WinRT, there's still no
openvpn for WinRT devices, right ?

2013/11/17 David Sommerseth <ope...@to...>:
> On 17. nov. 2013 11:40, Gert Doering wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just so it does not get lost: here are the microsoft pages about porting
>> NDIS (miniport) drivers to NDIS 6.0
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff570025(v=vs.85).aspx
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff570059(v=vs.85).aspx
>>
>> so, looking for volunteers now :-)
>
> Just to explain a bit further.  WinTAP is currently using the NDIS 5
> API.  If we have understood this correctly, NDIS 5 is on "life support"
> in Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 - in the way NDIS 5 drivers are
> running through and emulation layer.   And there is some expectations
> that NDIS 5 support will disappear in Windows 8.2 and later.
>
> It would be good if someone can consider to help out here, so we can get
> an NDIS 6 port in place before NDIS 5 disappears from Windows.
> Otherwise we might end up with a non-working Windows version of OpenVPN.
>
>
> --
> kind regards,
>
> David Sommerseth
>
>
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