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authorwpaul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>2003-12-11 22:38:14 +0000
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Commit the ndiscvt(8) utility too. (Missed it in the last import.)
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+.\" Copyright (c) 2003
+.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com> All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD
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+.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd December 10, 2003
+.Dt NDISCVT 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ndiscvt
+.Nd Convert Windows(r) NDIS drivers for use with FreeBSD
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl i Ar <inffile>
+.Fl s Ar <sysfile>
+.Op Fl o Ar <outfile>
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility transforms a Windows(r) NDIS driver into a data file which
+is used to build an
+.Xr ndis 4
+compatibility driver module. Windows(r) drivers consist of two main
+parts: a .SYS file, which contains the actual driver executable code,
+and a .INF file, which provides the Windows(r) installer with device
+identifier information and a list of driver-specific registry keys.
+The
+.Nm
+utility can convert these files into a header file that is compiled
+intoe
+.Pa if_ndis.c
+to create an object code module that can be linked into
+the
+.Fx
+kernel.
+.Pp
+The .INF file is typically required since only it contains device
+identification data such as PCI vendor and device IDs or PCMCIA
+indentifier strings. The .INF file may be optionally omitted however,
+in which case the
+.Nm
+utility will only perform the conversion of the .SYS file. This is
+useful for debugging purposes only.
+.Pp
+.Sh OPTIONS
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Op Fl i Ar <inffile>
+Open and parse the specified .INF file when performing conversion.
+The
+.Nm
+utility will parse this file and emit a device identification
+structure and registry key configuration structures which will be
+used by the
+.Xr ndis 4
+driver and
+.Xr ndisapi 9
+kernel subsystem.
+If this is omitted,
+.Nm
+will emit a dummy configuration structure only.
+.It Fl s Ar <sysfile>
+Open and parse the specified .SYS file. This file must contain
+a Windows(r) driver image. The
+.Nm
+utility will perform some manipulation of the sections within the
+executable file to make runtime linking within the kernel a little
+easier and then convert the image into a data array.
+.It Op Fl o Ar <outfile>
+Specify the output file in which to place the resulting data. This
+can be any file pathname. If
+.Ar <outfile>
+is a single dash, the data will be written to the standard output.
+The
+.Pa if_ndis.c
+module expects to find the driver data in a file called
+.Pa ndis_driver_data.h ,
+so it is recommended that this name be used.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ndis 4 ,
+.Xr ndisapi 9
+.Sh BUGS
+Some Windows(r) drivers support multiple devices which each may
+require sets of registry keys. The .INF file format allows all of
+these devices to be supported in a single file. The
+.Nm
+utility will emit keys for all of the devices that it are specified
+in a given file, even if this results in some duplicated entries.
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+utility first appeared in
+.Fx 5.3.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+utility was written by
+.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@windriver.com .
+The
+.Xr lex 1
+and
+.Xr yacc 1
+INF file parser was written by
+.An Mathew Dodd Aq mdodd@freebsd.org .
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