DriverPacks.net Forum - Is this file necessary?

Re: Is this file necessary?

2008-10-05T18:34:17Z

JakeLD wrote:

It's required, it's the driver itself.

Probabaly.

.SYS and .INF files are the most fundamental files in a driver.
It's strange that it is not referenced in the .INF, but if no other .SYS file is, it has to be the driver file.

Re: Is this file necessary?

2008-10-05T17:01:05Z

It's required, it's the driver itself.

Re: Is this file necessary?

2008-10-05T16:08:03Z

i agree ...

take a look at chipset - most of the inf's do not include a copy file

Re: Is this file necessary?

2008-10-05T15:40:46Z

I will look into it.

Re: Is this file necessary?

2008-10-05T05:48:20Z

Also, just because a file isn't referenced in the sourcediskfiles section, doesn't mean it's not needed. Sometimes that file may be called by an .exe (the .exe may be referenced) during install.
This is poor QA on the vendors part.

Re: Is this file necessary?

2008-10-05T05:24:16Z

welcome to DriverPacks.
We think there is no perfect automated tool.
I bet that when we leave this sys file out there are some reg entries for PnP calls getting a null.
There are a good many INF where you would see very few HWIDS and calls, and the driver has a baker's dozen of INI.
The INF and the INI are looked at and I see an INI call another INI.

in one of those, I see that file mentioned.

the short take.
I see a sys.
I look up reference in txt
aha, in that ini and in there too.
I don't scrubbit.

I am a mecanic.
I am not mechanised nor automated.

Is this file necessary?

2008-08-01T15:31:51Z

Is the file ax88140.sys necessary in DP_LAN_wnt5_x86-32_8053\D\L\AS3?
There's no SourceDiskFiles section but its included in [AX88140.CopyFiles] section in the file ax88140.inf
And Driver Compressor leaves the file ax88140.sys
Is this file unnecessary or is it a bug with Driver Compressor?
Driver Compressor - http://www.msfn.org/board/DrvComp-v20070809-t90020.html
Thanks in advance.