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        Testing NDIS miniport drivers using the Windows CE .NET test kit

        Staff | Date: Mar 15, 2004 | Comments: 1


        This technical whitepaper provides step-by-step instructions on how to test network driver interface specification (NDIS) miniport drivers using the Windows CE .NET Test Kit (CETK). When testing miniport drivers for Ethernet interfaces, it is important to bear in mind that that Ethernet devices can be present on both onboard devices and on peripheral cards on various buses (ISA, PCI, CompactFlash, etc.).

        It is therefore important to use the appropriate platform to test the miniport drivers, and also to test them on all supported CPUs (ARM, x86, MIPS, SHx, etc.) to ensure that the drivers qualify as production-quality drivers. The article explains how to run a one-card test, a two-card test, and a two-card NDIS miniport test on two computers using the CETK, and discusses two main scenarios: onboard and detachable peripheral devices. The article is available on Microsoft's MSDN website, here.