This document describes the technical requirements and procedures for building device drivers using NetWare® Peripheral Architecture (NWPA).
NetWare Peripheral Architecture replaces the Device Driver Functional Specification (DDFS) architecture. Current drivers should be developed for NetWare Peripheral Architecture. DDFS has not been supported by new versions of NetWare since mid-1997.
This guide contains the following sections:
This guide is intended for developers of device drivers that interface with file servers using NetWare 4.2 and above.
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