Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20001010145016.021bf1c8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:55:32 -0400 To: Stephen Williams , cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Device Drivers vs/ gcc In-Reply-To: <200010101834.LAA09568@icarus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:34 PM 10/10/2000, Stephen Williams wrote: >Has anybody by any chance tried to compile Windows NT/Windows 2000 device >drivers with gcc? It seems like it ought to be possible, given the DDK >from the Microsoft web site; and the last MSVC upgrade was grizzly enough >to make me think Cygwin/gcc would be more stable then Microsoft products. > >I know it sounds a bit far-fetched, but it might actually be possible? >-- >Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. >steve@icarus.com But I have promises to keep, >steve@picturel.com and lines to code before I sleep, >http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep." I don't think this has been tried with any real gusto in the past, mostly due to the fact that the DDK wasn't previously available for download (or I'm guessing that was the major hurdle). I expect there will be some real issues with making this attempt but doing so should, at least, be a possible exercise. My guess is that since you'd be working on Windows drivers, there wouldn't be a component of this that would require the Cygwin DLL. As a result, this effort may be better based on Mingw (www.mingw.org) and gcc. You might (a long-shot) get better information if you consult one of these lists with your query. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com