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WDI Driver Usage for reference

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#239 opened on Apr 25, 2018

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Hi Team, We are trying to migrate from native WiFi drivers to WDI, and started looking into WDI driver design. There are many things to consider during design phase. We also gone through the sample driver from https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-driver-samples/tree/master/network/wlan and my understanding is above sample driver is built for RTL8723BS chip from Realtek.

So two questions here on further approach.

  1. RTL8723BS can be procured as pluggable NIC for reference ? If Yes, please provided references. If not, let us know how can we test the sample driver provided in github
  2. Is sample driver can be used for migration, by removing Relatek specific code and replace with our WiFi chip code by modifying HAL layer of this sample ?

#Windows-driver-samples/network/wlan/wdi

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Issue type
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DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
5
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over 1 week
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stale
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Prerequisites
Windows driver development basicsWDI Overview understanding
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
10
Research direction
The user is asking about using the RTL8723BS sample driver for migration. Investigate the sample driver code at https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows driver samples/tree/master/network/wlan/wdi to understand its structure. Check Windows driver documentation for WDI (WLAN Device Driver Interface) and consider whether the hardware specific HAL layer can be replaced. The issue has one assignee, so check if there is any ongoing work. Also, look for any related discussions or documentation on migrating from native WiFi drivers to WDI.