X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:48:28 -0400 From: "George Locke" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: device drivers - general info Cc: george.locke.cygwin@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Hi group, I am running windows 2k with the most recent Cygwin version 1.5.21-1, just installed it last week. I wish to create a C++ program that communicates with a windows device driver (for a PCI card that interfaces with external electronics). The maker of the driver has provided a C++ library that allows me to write C++ programs that communicate with the PCI card, and i know that this works in regular windows, but i am feeling unsure about whether it will work in Cygwin. Would you say "in general yes, that kind of thing should work"? Is there a general rule for how Cygwin interacts with windows hardware drivers? is there a web-page that will explain driver issues within Cygwin (googling the cygwin site has been unfruitful so far)? If you need more specifics i'll provide them. I can't simply test this because I don't have the driver, and i won't buy it ($900) unless i feel assured that i will be able to make it work, hence this email. Regards, George Locke -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/