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Appendix D: WDM-Windows Driver Model FAQ

Please note – for additional WDM driver features not covered in this

manual, please refer to the “Readme” file that is installed along with

the drivers.

Q: What is a WDM driver and why should I care?

WDM stands for “Windows Driver Model.” Microsoft realized they were asking

hardware manufacturers to write a lot of different drivers: support for Windows

NT, Windows 95, support for the wave API, support for DirectSound, etc. To

encourage good driver development, they came up with the idea of WDM : you can

just write one driver that can run on all the different Windows platforms that

support all the different audio APIs.

You should care about WDM and our hardware if you meet any of the following

criteria:

-You are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

-You are running SONAR or some other audio application that talks directly

to WDM drivers.

If you are running Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or Me and are using the VxD drivers,

there probably isn’t a compelling reason to switch to WDM (unless you really,

really like the new console, or unless you have an audio application that takes

advantage of WDM).

The Windows driver installer that comes with your Echo product will help you

select the correct driver for your system.

Q: How is this driver different from the previously released

Windows 2000 beta drivers?

The previously released Windows 2000 beta drivers were actually Windows NT 4

drivers that could also be run under Windows 2000. They were not plug-n-play

(since NT 4 does not support plug-n-play), and they worked the “old way.”

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