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.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd April 24, 2005
.Dt NDISGEN 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ndisgen
.Nd generate a FreeBSD driver module from a
.Tn Windows\[rg]
NDIS driver distribution
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar /path/to/INF /path/to/SYS
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
script uses the
.Xr ndiscvt 8
utility and other tools to generate a
.Fx
loadable driver module
and a static ELF object module from a
.Tn Windows\[rg]
NDIS driver, for use with the
.Xr ndis 4
compatibility module.
.Pp
The
.Nm
script is interactive and contains its own help section.
Unless the paths to both files are supplied on the command line,
the script will prompt the user for the
.Pa .INF
and
.Pa .SYS
files needed to generate the
.Fx
driver module.
The script will also prompt for
any firmware or other external files needed.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ld 1 ,
.Xr objcopy 1 ,
.Xr ndis 4 ,
.Xr kldload 8 ,
.Xr ndiscvt 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Fx 6.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@windriver.com .