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Pointing Drawing Testing Overview

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Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

To see the complete list of tests that could be required for your device, see the Pointing Device Tests.

Run time: approximately two hours

Note   You must use the latest version of the WDK to compile your driver in order for it to pass testing and obtain a logo.

Hardware Requirements

The following hardware is required for pointing device testing.

  • One test pointing device

  • If the device supports USB:

    • One external USB hub

    • One additional test device if a USB serial number is advertised

Note   To reduce the chance of failures caused by unrelated hardware problems, Microsoft recommends that all tests be performed on a client test system which is part of the Windows Catalog at Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor.

Note   Testing a device to obtain a logo for Server Device qualification requires that the system being used to test the device supports four processors and a minimum of 1 GB of RAM. These system capabilities are required for the "Dynamic Partitioning (DP) Simulator and Test" and the "Multiple Processor Group" test to run. You do not need a system that actually supports DP capabilities or has greater than 64 processors to test your device.

If a pool of systems is used to test devices, at least one system in the pool must contain four processors and a minimum of 1 GB of RAM. Additionally, that system must contain the device and driver being tested. As long as the driver is the same on all systems in the pool, the schedule will be created to run against all systems.

For those tests that do not include a driver to test, such as testing a hard drive, the Driver Test Manager (DTM) scheduler will constrain the DP test to run on the default system. This system should also be manually configured to have multiple processor groups. The default system is the first one listed. Test personnel, in this case, should ensure that this first system meets these minimum hardware requirements.

Note   Except for Para-Virtualization drivers (as defined by Logo Requirement Policy-0020), physical devices and their associated drivers being tested for Server Logo or Signature may not be tested in virtual machines using any form of virtualization. This is because not all virtualization products support the underlying functionality needed to pass the tests relating to Multiple Processor Groups, Device Power Management, Device PCI functionality, etc.

Software Requirements

There are no additional software requirements.

Tester Knowledge Requirements

There are no special tester knowledge requirements.

This section includes:

Preparing for Pointing Drawing Testing

Running the Pointing Drawing Tests

Troubleshooting the Pointing Drawing Testing

 

 

Build date: 9/14/2012