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 OD-90228                         SUGGESTION                       "PRIDE"-IF
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 REQUIRED DATE- ASAP          USER PRIORITY WEIGHT-  24    RANKING-  0005
 DATE RECEIVED- MAY 28, 1997  REQUEST STANDING  - REVIEW   AS OF- JUN 16, 1997
                              TYPE- MOD/IMP

 DESCRIPTION-

        OS/2 desparately needs a 32-bit device driver model.  It is
        difficult finding the tools needed to write drivers for the
        16-bit model, as Microsoft C version 6 is no longer available
        and writing drivers in Watcom can be frustrating.

        A 32-bit model should be supported by IBM Visual Age C and
        should support device drivers written in C.

        Also, some driver models like NDIS 2.01 should be updated to
        support a new 32-bit model.  This will make it easier for
        companies to port drivers between different operating systems
        since right now most of the other operating systems have a
        32-bit model.

        ATTRIBUTES:

        MEDIUM Value
        Desired ASAP

        Submitted by:

        Aaron Williams
        OS/2 device driver programmer
        aaronw@home.com

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