Device drivers in C#.NET

[vinoth.n]

Hi,
We are to do a project in C#.NET. Is it possible to develop device drivers
in C#.NET. Or else any possible of doing Windows Programming?
If any of these projects are not possible. Need any suggestions for the
project.

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Regards n' Thanks,
Vinoth.N

[Cor Ligthert]

Vinoth,

I would ask as I was you this question in the newsgroup

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp and crossposted to
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc

You will maybe get answers here, however I think that it is good to get as
much possible answers there can be on this question.

I hope you get your answers

Cor

[Nick Malik [Microsoft]]

No, you cannot develop a device driver in C# for any current versions of the
windows platform.

If by "windows programming" you are asking if you can develop a windows
application, the answer is yes. The sky is the limit.

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I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
programmer helping programmers.
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"vinoth.n" <vi*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
We are to do a project in C#.NET. Is it possible to develop device drivers
in C#.NET. Or else any possible of doing Windows Programming?
If any of these projects are not possible. Need any suggestions for the
project.

--
Regards n' Thanks,
Vinoth.N

[William Stacey [MVP]]

Not today. However that is something people over there are thinking about.

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William Stacey, MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

"vinoth.n" <vi*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi,
We are to do a project in C#.NET. Is it possible to develop device drivers
in C#.NET. Or else any possible of doing Windows Programming?
If any of these projects are not possible. Need any suggestions for the
project.

--
Regards n' Thanks,
Vinoth.N

[Gerry Hickman]

William Stacey [MVP] wrote:

Not today. However that is something people over there are thinking about.

Really?? How exactly will .NET fit between the low-level APIs and the
device controllers? Let's take a simple example of sending a StartUnit
command to the first physical disk of a SCSI RAID-10 array.

Let's say a disk defragmentation program then wants to re-arrange the
blocks on said disk above, are you saying the calls it makes to the
driver will be running in the CLR???

Fogetting about all that for a minute; what exact advantages will .NET
device drivers have over the current model?

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Gerry Hickman (London UK)

[William Stacey [MVP]]

As I said, they are thinking about how it may look. It would not be today's
CLR - maybe a special kernel level CLR. It could be a special version for
driver development . As, TMK, it is not on drawing board yet, who knows
what they will (or even if they will) come up with. However as kernel level
drivers are historically tricky to get right and fatal if done wrong, it is
something I heard they want to look seriously at. Neal Christiansen (MS
US-Cor File Services) talks about todays issues, some work they have done in
the driver space, and talks a little about what some are thinking about in
this video on channel9: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=37302

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William Stacey, MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

"Gerry Hickman" <ge********@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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William Stacey [MVP] wrote:

Not today. However that is something people over there are thinking

about.
Really?? How exactly will .NET fit between the low-level APIs and the
device controllers? Let's take a simple example of sending a StartUnit
command to the first physical disk of a SCSI RAID-10 array.

Let's say a disk defragmentation program then wants to re-arrange the
blocks on said disk above, are you saying the calls it makes to the
driver will be running in the CLR???

Fogetting about all that for a minute; what exact advantages will .NET
device drivers have over the current model?

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Gerry Hickman (London UK)