SCSI Miniport Driver Must Not Be Given a Long Filename

ID: Q137384

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) for Windows NT, version 3.5

SCSI miniport drivers must use the 8.3 naming convention even if the file system supports long file names (NTFS). This is required because the component that loads Windows NT also loads SCSI miniports, and this component does not currently support long file names. If the SCSI miniport is given a filename that has more than eight characters to the left of the dot and three characters to the right of the dot, the driver will not load.

For general information on SCSI miniports, see the Windows NT DDK documentation.

Additional query words: 3.50


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Last Reviewed: March 2, 1999