[ros-dev] Compatibility Problems

[Alex Ionescu]

James Tabor wrote:

>
> Hi Alex!
> We need to test our code with real hardware and XP. ps.exe was a good
> way to black box our structure test. 

ps.exe is HORRIBLY broken and Thomas was supposed to fix it but it looks 
like he gave up or something.

> The old program works on my XP here
> and all of my 2ks at work. So there must be two things going on. 1, 
> special
> setup so old structures can be supported in XP or 2k, or 


> 2. Some kind of
> misinformation is out there on the net. I personally tested Nebbetts 
> structures
> and LOL they did not work. PSX.exe is the only thing that can prove 
> something
> has changed. So far I know we are wrong with respect of our structures 
> working
> with SYSTEM_PROCESS_INFORMATION and windows XP and 2k.

Our structures are not wrong. Perhaps we still return the wrong version 
info somewhere, or tehre's a bug in NtQuerySystemInformation.

>
> What now could go wrong,
> James

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu