Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model
Product Details:
| Category: | Books |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 0735618038 |
| Title: | Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model The Fast Free Shipping |
| Author: | Oney, Walter |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Press,U.S. |
| Year Published: | 2002 |
| Number of Pages: | 880 |
| Book Binding: | Paperback / softback |
| Prizes: | |
| Book Condition: | VERYGOOD |
| SKU: | GOR004709636 |
Item description
The Microsoft Windows driver model (WDM) supports Plug and Play, provides power management capabilities, and expands on the driver/minidriver approach. Written by long-time device-driver expert Walter Oney in cooperation with the Windows kernel team, this book provides extensive practical examples, illustrations, advice, and line-by-line analysis of code samples to clarify real-world driver-programming issues. And its been updated with the latest details about the driver technologies in Windows XP and Windows 2000, plus more information about how to debug drivers.
Topics covered include:
- Beginning a driver project and the structure of a WDM driver; NEW: Minidrivers and class drivers, driver taxonomy, the WDM development environment and tools, management checklist, driver selection and loading, approved API calls, and driver stacks
- Basic programming techniques; NEW: Safe string functions, memory limits, the Driver Verifier scheme and tags, the kernel handle flag, and the Windows 98 floating-point problem
- Synchronization; NEW: Details about the interrupt request level (IRQL) scheme, along with Windows 98 and Windows Me compatibility
- The I/O request packet (IRP) and I/O control operations; NEW: How to send control operations to other drivers, custom queue implementations, and how to handle and safely cancel IRPs
- Plug and Play for function drivers; NEW: Controller and multifunction devices, monitoring device removal in user mode, Human Interface Devices (HID), including joysticks and other game controllers, minidrivers for non-HID devices, and feature reports
- Reading and writing data, power management, and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) NEW: System wakeup, the WMI control for idle detection, and using WMIMOFCK
- Specialized topics and distributing drivers; NEW: USB 2.0, selective suspend, Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) certification, driver selection and loading, officially approved API calls, and driver stacks
COVERS WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS ME, WINDOWS 2000, AND WINDOWS XP!
CD-ROM FEATURES:
- A fully searchable electronic copy of the book
- Sample code in Microsoft Visual C++
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