Would implementing UMDF support be useful (or even viable)?

[Zebediah Figura]

Hello Mark,

On 5/15/22 17:20, Mark N wrote:
> Hello, I was reading about the Windows User Mode Device Framework (aka
> UMDF) and I was  interested in possibly working on adding support for UMDF
> drivers in Wine. I think there are Windows drivers out there that run
> entirely in usermode (e.g. some USB drivers) which could be successfully
> ported to Linux this way.
> 
> However I'm still new to Wine so I thought I'd ask - has anybody else ever
> explored doing this? Would this sort of thing be a good fit for Wine in
> general?


In general I believe that there is value in running some Windows 
drivers, especially for domain-specific and obsolete software where 
writing an equivalent host driver is untenable.