PLX Device Driver for Windows 98/2000/XP

The Sheldon Instruments SI-DDK-PLX-WDM is source code used to create Windows 98/2000/XP WDM drivers (SYS files) using the Win32 Driver Model for PLX's PCI 90xx family of ICs. The WDM driver paradigm will allow for a single driver to support all current and future versions of Windows starting with Windows 98 and beyond. In this manner, the provided API is identical for all versions of Windows making it possible for a single application to run under all Windows versions.
The device driver is written so as to access general PCI devices, with full support for PLX's PCI 90xx family as a Memory Mapped peripheral. The source code for this driver is intended to be used as a model of how to write device drivers for Windows 98/2000/XP, saving you precious time while giving you actual and comprehensive control of your software development. For convenience, the compiled and 'ready to go' drivers are also supplied, along with examples and accompanying source code on how to call the drivers. Their common API facilitates the use of any C/C++ compiler for application development. In the case you want to build the drivers from the source code, you will need the Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP DDK, the Microsoft Platform SDK, and the Microsoft Visual C/C++ (5.0 or later).

The source code supports the following functions

	Memory mapped access (I/O space not supported, but step-by-step guidelines included for easy adaptation).
	Block Mode DMA transfers: PCI initiated bus mastered reads/writes (9054/56/80 only), including asynchronous/overlapped transfers using a scatter-gather implementation.
	Direct Master Mode transfers: Local side processor/hardware PCI bus mastered reads/writes (9054/56/80 only).
	Event based application Call-Back routines.
	Handling of the PC interrupts on transfer complete and register read/written.
	Access to all 905x/80/50/30's registers in the configuration space memory.
	Access to the 905x/80/50/30's local address regions.
	Multiple board support, limited only by available slots on system motherboard/backplane.
	Ability to read and write the configuration serial EEPROM.

The SI-DDK-PLX-WDM package includes

	Common API to Windows 98/2000/XP WDM drivers.
	Source code for building Windows 98/2000/XP WDM drivers.
	Compiled and 'ready to go' drivers, callable from any C/C++ development environment.
	Source code to a command line executable demonstrating all calls to the drivers.
	Source code to a DLL demonstrating all calls to the drivers; ideal for use by any high level application thus abstracting the complexities of device drivers in general.
	LabVIEW VI library invoking the DLL.
	Simple documentation describing the step by step process used to build the driver.
	30 day limited technical support over the phone, extended e-mail support.
	Royalty-free unlimited license to distribute your driver built with the SI-DDK-PLX-WDM.

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