Thanks Mathhew ! Its installed now :) There were further references to this vaddyn.sys in the inf file which I removed. Can you please tell me how I can enable some traces of portcl.sys, audioeng.dll and audiokse.dll. And does the sample include some test which I can execute to see the audio playback/record functionality? On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew van Eerde < Matthew.van.Eerde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Build all of the missing MSVAD files and put them next to the .inf prior > to installation.**** > > ** ** > > The error below may be due to a cached version of the .inf which still > includes a reference to vaddyn.sys.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Rashee Chadha > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 6, 2012 4:59 PM > > *To:* wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [wdmaudiodev] Re: MSVAD sample and Audio engine traces**** > > ** ** > > Yes. And If I remove the refernce of this sys file from inf, I get such > errors :**** > > **** > > Driver package references a missing external file > 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vaddyn.sys'. Error = 0x00000002**** > > **** > > Installing NULL driver! > ! dvi: A NULL driver installation is not allowed for > this type of device! > !!! dvi: Cleaning up failed installation (e0000219) > !!! dvi: Default installer: failed! > !!! dvi: Error 0xe0000219: The installation failed because a > function driver was not specified for this device instance.**** > > However this file is not generated as a part of this package.**** > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Matthew van Eerde < > Matthew.van.Eerde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:**** > > All files that are referenced anywhere in the .inf need to be present for > the driver to install, even if they are not used for the given device.**** > > **** > > *From:* wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tim Roberts > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 6, 2012 4:42 PM > *To:* wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [wdmaudiodev] Re: MSVAD sample and Audio engine traces**** > > **** > > Rashee Chadha wrote: **** > > **** > > I have just started working on WDM audio drivers. I am referring to the > MSVAD sample driver which comes with the DDK.**** > > **** > > I used the devcon utility to install this driver (on a Win7 VMWare Virtual > Machine):**** > > **** > > *devcon install msvad.inf *MSVADSimple***** > > **** > > *Initially I got the error of missing cat file. On commenting out this > dependancy from inf file, I get yet another error of missing vaddyn.sys > file.***** > > *This sys file was not generated when I built the entire MSVAD solution.** > *** > > > Did you change the INF? The INF in the sample maps the *MSVADSimple > device identifier to vadsimpl.sys. It does not have the name "vaddyn.sys" > anywhere. If you changed that name in the INF, then you have to change the > name of the binary that you build. > > > **** > > *Additionally I would like to capture > traces for audioeng.dll,audiokse.dll and portcl.sys. This would help me in > understanding the call flow from the audio engine upto the sample miniport. > ***** > > *Which setting I need to do in order to achieve this.***** > > > I'm not convinced that such traces are available.**** > > -- **** > > Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx**** > > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.**** > > ** ** >