Protocol Driver Entry and Initialization
The Device.exe file loads NDIS protocol drivers through the registry. You must set the registry values for the **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\**MyDriver registry key. This key is commonly named after the customized driver and contains the subkeys that appear in the following table.
| Subkey | Content | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DLL | Mydriver.dll | Name of your driver's dynamic-link library .dll file. |
| Order | dword:3 | Value that determines when the driver is loaded. This value must be greater than the order value for NDIS. |
| Keep | dword:1 | Set to 1 to have the driver load at boot time. |
| Entry | MyDriverInitialize | The entry point for initializing the driver, which will be called at boot time. |
Note Be sure to set the Order subkey to a value that causes the protocol driver to load after NDIS.
To register the protocol driver with NDIS, the driver should call the NdisRegisterProtocol function within the MyDriverInitialize function.
To register a protocol driver as a stream interface driver, you must call the RegisterDevice function. For a list of the required entry points for stream interface driver DLLs, see Stream Interface Drivers.
See Also
Protocol Drivers | NdisRegisterProtocol | RegisterDevice | Stream Interface Drivers
Last updated on Tuesday, May 18, 2004
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