driverndiswindows-iot-core-10

NDIS Protocol Driver on Windows IoT Core


I'm trying to write a Cisco CDP protocol driver for Windows IoT core running on Raspberry Pi. This will allow me to register the installed location of the device with an upstream server.

To do this, I attempted to use the sample NDISPROT example as part of the Windows DDK Samples. This failed because the project is seemingly inherently incompatible with Windows IoT (specifically ARM)

What I need to do is write a protocol handler that operates on raw Ethernet packets as CDP is built on 802.2 LLC which is very different than 802.3. To do this, on Windows, I would write an NDIS 6.x protocol driver, cache the latest CDP frame from each source, then use DeviceIOControl() to communicate with the device to download the latest CDP packets or upload formatted CDP packets.

Is there a boilerplate driver I could use to do the same on Windows IOT Core?


Solution

  • Unfortunately there's not a way to install NDIS protocol drivers onto Windows IoT Core right now. (The OS doesn't understand the INF dialect used by netcfg.)

    This feature is on our backlog. You can help raise its priority by sending feedback directly to Microsoft (either via the feedback hub, forums, or by emailing the IoT team directly).