Re: ntdll.dll vs. ntoskrnl.exe

[Steven Edwards]

Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> What are the differences between "ntdll.dll" and "ntoskrnl.exe"?
> In Windows XP they exist both and they export similiar (although different) set
> of functions. Wine implements just "ntdll.dll".
>
> Some W32 binary wants to import functions from "ntoskrnl.exe" from me,
> should I make an alias of Wine "ntdll.dll" to "ntoskrnl.exe" and try to fill
> the missing funcs? I have never seen W32 programming before as I am *IX coder.

If you are talking about Rtl and Zw functions I think that ntdll should 
still export the same things that ntoskrnl.exe does but under a differnt 
name. What functions are you speaking of that are missing from ntdll but 
are in ntoskrnl?

Steven