Makefile is a sample make file for Linux kernel drivers that use a single .C file for its source code. Simply replace the word myprogram with the name of your executable file that will result from the linking of your compiled .C file. Copy Makefile to the source code directory and enter make to compile your driver code.

Multiple is a sample make file for Linux kernel drivers that use multiple .C files for its source code. Rename the file to Makefile before using it. Simply replace the word myprogram with the name of your executable file that will result from the linking of your compiled .C files. Then replace each instance of myprog1, myprog2, etc., with the names of your .O files. Copy Makefile to the source code directory and enter make to compile your driver code.

The files NPA.H, NBI.H, NPA_HAM.H, and NPA_CDM.H, mentioned in the NWPA spec, have been replaced by NWPA.H, so that the NWPA driver developer can modify that single file for all NWPA driver needs.

For HAM driver development, the hamSpace structure field of the HACBStruct structure must be modified to fit the needs of the driver.

For CDM driver development, the first 32 bytes of the SuperHACBStruct structure must be modified to fit its needs.

The NetWare operating system uses XDC data to identify code that can handle operations across multiple processors. Without this tag NetWare will display a warning concerning the inability of the driver to support multiple processors. Use the syntax

xdcdata nwpa.xdc



Every function referenced by the driver must be declared to the linker, so that proper resolution could take place at load time. In the LINK.DEF file of the HAM or CDM driver, the import tag is used to specify the functions the driver references or a file that contains a list of these functions. Use the syntax

import @nwpa.imp



NLMLinkX is the linker for all NetWare Loadable Modules under DOS or Windows 95, 98, ME, and 2000. NLMLinkX will not work with Windows XP if all the current Windows patches are installed, and will not work on Windows XP SP2 or NT. The only command-line parameter accepted by the program is the name of the LINK.DEF file, which contains a list of tags required by the linker to perform its various tasks.