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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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This paper provides preliminary information about the Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. It describes limitations of the current driver models that have led to the development of WDF, explains how WDF solves these problems, and introduces the fundamental components of WDF. |
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| #1 By 1643 (204.210.30.241) at Wednesday, June 23, 2004 03:15:11 AM |
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Ever wonder why linux has a horrible hardware support?
You have know point in your posting but showing that you lack any opinions formed by yourself #1. |
| #2 By 8556 (12.217.173.227) at Wednesday, June 23, 2004 09:32:05 AM |
| #3 What Via chipsets can't you find drivers for? |
| #3 By 1643 (64.73.227.129) at Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:57:45 AM |
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"How do you justify saying Linux has horrible hardware support? Linux has good drivers for most hardware, it definitely isn't as bad as it used to be. "
Better than it used to be is nowhere close to where the Windows platform is. "And the hardware it has good drivers for works much better than in Windows with the proper drivers." Says you, but that's a very subjective comment. "It was no problem to get current systems running with the latest hardware, PCs with Radeon 9800, Audigy 2, nForce 3, AMD 64 CPUs, etc... " How "free" is OSS when you have to buy all that compatible HW. "Windows has problems with VIA chip sets that I don't experience in Linux. " Maybe the chip set driver that via coded has issues and not windows...but lets blame Microsoft. "You have to hunt for drivers in Windows, in Linux they're all included and work out of the box. My system is literally plug and play. Turn it off, put a new video card in, turn it on, it's automatically set up without configuring anding prior, during, or post. You can't say the same for Windows... " Obviously that is an misleading statement...just because it works plug and play on your box doesn't mean it would work for a majority of users. Windows supports more HW. That's a fact. If the Video card came out after Windows XP shipped, than I guess those magical wireless CD's that automatically download and burn it themselves haven't shipped yet. BTW, if HW vendors write WHQL certified drivers, it would download the drivers automatically over the internet. But of course, MS can't force vendors to do that. And if your an admin, you can just drop the newer drivers in your PNP driver search path once on your windows network install point and all your clients will be able to use it at install time. "Most people will just be hitting the "Windows Update" option with no results and left to find drivers on web sites or work with a lot of crappy driver CDs or floppies." See above comments about the Magic CD's that you want...and how HW vendors can deal with this problem. "It was even easier setting up ISA hardware in Linux than in Windows (I know that's not so relevant today, but worth mentioning nonetheless)" But when Windows 95 shipped (for context), it was easier for Windows. humor This post was edited by humor on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 12:41. |
| #4 By 1643 (64.73.227.129) at Wednesday, June 23, 2004 08:39:55 PM |
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Do you think there are more drivers for Linux or windows...and by what factor? I'm guessing 50x the amount in windows favor...it's not really debatable except by the delta. BTW, i'm NOT talking in stability of the drivers (that's another argument and really depending on HW manufacturer), but the support for a variety of different configurations.
"But the drivers aren't included and that is yet more hassle for the end user. Especially if you have new hardware and you have to download the drivers anyway because of course the ones on the CD are out of date (especially if it's any kind of multimedia). " How are you criticizing this, if your hw is newer than your distro...it's not included. I don't understand how OSS is better. You can rebuild an XP image on CD or use a network install point and just add the new drivers as they are needed in the org. humor |
| #5 By 12071 (203.185.215.149) at Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:27:15 PM |
| #9 It was built from scratch. Do you need me to YET AGAIN provide the link to Prof. Tanenbaum's statement (you know the creator of Minix) that Linux was created from scratch, all by Linus himself? I honestly only expected that kind of FUD from Parkker! |
| #6 By 1643 (204.210.30.241) at Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:54:15 PM |
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#9 Just because it's similiar doesn't mean it's "ripped off". IMHO, Mr. Torvald wrote it himself...he's a pretty smart guy.
humor |
| #7 By 1643 (204.210.30.241) at Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:54:17 PM |
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double post This post was edited by humor on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 23:54. |
