1.\" Copyright (c) 2005 2.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com> All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. 15.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors 16.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17.\" without specific prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD 23.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 24.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 25.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 26.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 27.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 28.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 29.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" $FreeBSD$ 32.\" 33.Dd April 24, 2005 34.Dt NDISGEN 8 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm ndisgen 38.Nd generate a FreeBSD driver module from a 39.Tn Windows\[rg] 40NDIS driver distribution 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Ar /path/to/INF /path/to/SYS 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47script uses the 48.Xr ndiscvt 8 49utility and other tools to generate a 50.Fx 51loadable driver module 52and a static ELF object module from a 53.Tn Windows\[rg] 54NDIS driver, for use with the 55.Xr ndis 4 56compatibility module. 57.Pp 58The 59.Nm 60script is interactive and contains its own help section. 61Unless the paths to both files are supplied on the command line, 62the script will prompt the user for the 63.Pa .INF 64and 65.Pa .SYS 66files needed to generate the 67.Fx 68driver module. 69The script will also prompt for 70any firmware or other external files needed. 71.Sh SEE ALSO 72.Xr ld 1 , 73.Xr objcopy 1 , 74.Xr ndis 4 , 75.Xr kldload 8 , 76.Xr ndiscvt 8 77.Sh HISTORY 78The 79.Nm 80utility first appeared in 81.Fx 6.0 . 82.Sh AUTHORS 83The 84.Nm 85utility was written by 86.An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@windriver.com . 87