"native" linker setting...

[CommonTater]

Project -> Project Options -> Linker -> Subsystem = Native 

Can someone give me a brief explaination of this linker setting, when it's used and in conjunction with what kind of project?

Thanks.

[AlexN]

Project -> Project Options -> Linker -> Subsystem = Native 

Can someone give me a brief explaination of this linker setting, when it's used and in conjunction with what kind of project?

Thanks.

What says the help (Command line tools -> Polink -> Commanline options -> /subsystem -> Native:

NATIVE is used for Windows NT drivers.

[Vortex]

Hi CommonTater,

This setting enables also to code an application running before the complete system boot like chkdsk checking for disk errors.

[CommonTater]

Project -> Project Options -> Linker -> Subsystem = Native 

Can someone give me a brief explaination of this linker setting, when it's used and in conjunction with what kind of project?

Thanks.

What says the help (Command line tools -> Polink -> Commanline options -> /subsystem -> Native:

NATIVE is used for Windows NT drivers.

So what kind of project do I create for that?  A DLL?

[aardvajk]

None. PellesC doesn't come with the required include files for either drivers or a user-mode native program.

[Vortex]

Mark Russinovich's article : Inside Native Applications

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897447.aspx

[CommonTater]

Ok... thanks for the help guys...

It looks like I don't want to go there with what I had in mind. 

[Stefan Pendl]

The boot time interface of UltraDefrag is a native application and there is the native-nt-toolkit at http://native-nt-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk

They all need to link to ntdll.dll

Sysinternals Freeware - Inside the Native API
    http://netcode.cz/img/83/nativeapi.html

Native API function documentation
    http://undocumented.ntinternals.net/

Listing of the NT Native API  functions
    http://jedi-apilib.sourceforge.net/native/NativeList.html

Inside Native Applications
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897447.aspx

Native Windows API Programmierung (German)
    http://www.ks.uni-freiburg.de/download/studienarbeit/SS07/09-07-napi-jrudolph/NativeAPI-ComputernameChanging.pdf

Windows System Call Table (NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista)
    http://metasploit.com/users/opcode/syscalls.html

[Vortex]

Hi Stefan,

http://dev.metasploit.com/users/opcode/syscalls.html

http://jedi-apilib.sourceforge.net/native/NativeList.html

Both of the links are reporing error message 404.

[Stefan Pendl]

Seems the way-back machine has to be used for those lost web library books if possible.

Collecting links isn't reliable any more

[Vortex]

Source code of Native.c :

http://www.osronline.com/showthread.cfm?link=108963