> On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:39:13AM +0200, Loris Degioanni wrote: > > Yes, my answer was that no IOCTL is currently provided to retrieve the > > driver version. Consider that packet.dll version is strictly related to the > > NPF version, since the driver and the dll are always installed toghether by > > the winpcap installer, so if you don't install the WinPcap binaries manually > > (a practice that we strongly discourage) the versions are granted to be > > aligned. > > In every case, different versions normally are not able to work together. > > That's one reason why I wanted to report a mismatch - if somebody > complains about WinDump/Ethereal/Analyzer/whatever not working > correctly, and the version message reports a mismatch between the driver > and the packet.dll, or the packet.dll library and the WinPcap library, > the reply can just be "we don't support that, try un-installing all the > versions you have installed, and re-install one and only one version". >
The driver at the moment doesn't provide any means to obtain the version number. Probably, an IOCTL could be added for this purpose. I underline the fact that no one that uses the winpcap installer will be able to have mismatching versions of NPF/packet.dll. Loris ================================================================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================================================================
