Windows NT will not load drivers that do not have a correct checksum. You can apply this patch to binutils to solve the problem: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-01/msg00395.html It writes a checksum to a PE image. Alternatively you can search for a tool that will do the same and use it on an image generated with MinGW. Here is an example of a makefile that will generate a .sys file that Windows NT will load (if ld has the checksum patch applied). TOOLBASE = /usr/local/cross-tools/bin GCC = $(TOOLBASE)/i386-mingw32msv-gcc DLLTOOL = $(TOOLBASE)/i386-mingw32msv-dlltool BASENAME = null FULLNAME = $(BASENAME).sys CFLAGS = -I../ OBJECTS = $(BASENAME).o DDKLIBS = ntoskrnl.a all: $(FULLNAME) $(FULLNAME): $(OBJECTS) $(GCC) -Wl,--base-file,base.tmp \ -Wl,--entry,_DriverEntry \ -nostartfiles -nostdlib \ -o junk.tmp \ $(OBJECTS) $(DDKLIBS) $(DLLTOOL) --dllname $(FULLNAME) \ --base-file base.tmp \ --output-exp temp.exp $(GCC) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) \ -Wl,--subsystem,native \ -Wl,--image-base,0x10000 \ -Wl,--file-alignment,0x1000 \ -Wl,--section-alignment,0x1000 \ -Wl,--entry,_DriverEntry \ -Wl,temp.exp \ -mdll -nostartfiles -nostdlib \ -o $(FULLNAME) \ $(OBJECTS) $(DDKLIBS) %.o: %.c $(GCC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
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Is the use of DLLTOOL really needed ? I though ld could now generate the dll relocation data automatically. Would this be enough: $(FULLNAME): $(OBJECTS) $(GCC) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) \ -Wl,--subsystem,native \ -Wl,--entry,_DriverEntry \ -shared -nostartfiles -nostdlib \ -o $(FULLNAME) \ $(OBJECTS) $(DDKLIBS)

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