public string AllocateVirtualDeviceInstanceID(string deviceClassName)
{
// we will return the larger deviceInstanceID, we don't want to overwrite existing hivesys.inf device instances
var deviceInstanceID1 = SetupRegistryHive.AllocateVirtualDeviceInstanceID(deviceClassName);
var deviceInstanceID2 = HiveSystemInf.AllocateVirtualDeviceInstanceID(deviceClassName);
// string comparison, note that both strings has fixed length with leading zeros
return(string.CompareOrdinal(deviceInstanceID1, deviceInstanceID2) == 1
? deviceInstanceID1
: deviceInstanceID2);
}
