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• Developing Drivers with the Windows® Driver Foundation

• By: Penny Orwick; Guy Smith

• Publisher: Microsoft Press

• Pub. Date: April 25, 2007

• Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-2374-3

• Print ISBN-10: 0-7356-2374-0

• Pages in Print Edition: 928

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Master the features and capabilities of the new Windows Driver Foundation—with guidance straight from the experts. The new Windows Driver Foundation, based on the Windows Driver Kit, simplifies driver development with new models and tools familiar to developers who work with Microsoft Visual Studio®. This in-depth guide delivers authoritative guidance on these new models, straight from the teams at Microsoft who developed the Windows Driver Foundation and based on feedback from beta testers. You’ll get advance insights, practical advice, and best practices for using the Windows Driver Foundation—helping you reach new levels of proficiency. Includes code samples in Microsoft Visual C++®.

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Table of Contents

 

Copyright

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Part 1: Getting Started with WDF

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1 TokenChapter 1. Introduction to WDF

About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Getting Started with Driver Development

Key Information Sources

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1 TokenChapter 2. Windows Driver Fundamentals

What Is a Driver?

Kernel Objects and Data Structures

The Windows I/O Model

About Plug and Play and Power Management

Basic Kernel-Mode Programming

Tips for Programming in Kernel Mode

A Basic Vocabulary

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1 TokenChapter 3. WDF Fundamentals

WDF and WDM

What Is WDF?

WDF Object Model

I/O Model

Plug and Play and Power Management

Security

WDF Verification, Tracing, and Debugging Support

Serviceability and Versioning

Part 2: Exploring the Frameworks

Chapter 4. Overview of the Driver Frameworks

The Frameworks: An Overview

UMDF Overview

KMDF Overview

WDF Architecture

UMDF Infrastructure

KMDF Infrastructure

Device and Driver Support in WDF

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1 TokenChapter 5. WDF Object Model

Overview of the Object Model

UMDF Object Model Implementation

KMDF Object Model Implementation

Object Creation

Object Hierarchy and Lifetime

Object Context Areas

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1 TokenChapter 6. Driver Structure and Initialization

Required Driver Components

Driver Object

Device Objects

Queues and Other Support Objects

Device Interfaces

UMDF Device Object Creation and Initialization

KMDF Device Object Creation and Initialization

Child Device Enumeration (KMDF PDOs Only)

Device Naming Techniques for KMDF Drivers

Part 3: Applying WDF Fundamentals

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1 TokenChapter 7. Plug and Play and Power Management

Introduction to Plug and Play and Power Management

Plug and Play and Power Management Support in WDF

Callback Sequences for Plug and Play and Power Management

How to Implement Plug and Play and Power Management in WDF Drivers

Plug and Play and Power Management in Software-Only Drivers

Plug and Play and Power Management in Simple Hardware Drivers

Advanced Power Management for KMDF Drivers

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1 TokenChapter 8. I/O Flow and Dispatching

Common I/O Request Types

I/O Transfer Types

I/O Request Flow

I/O Request Objects

I/O Queues

I/O Event Callbacks

Completing I/O Requests

Canceled and Suspended Requests

Adaptive Time-outs in UMDF

Self-Managed I/O

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1 TokenChapter 9. I/O Targets

About I/O Targets

I/O Target Creation and Management

I/O Request Creation

Memory Objects and Buffers for Driver-Created I/O Requests

I/O Request Formatting

How to Send an I/O Request

File Handle I/O Targets in UMDF Drivers

USB I/O Targets

Guidelines for Sending I/O Requests

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1 TokenChapter 10. Synchronization

When Synchronization Is Required

WDF Synchronization Features

Synchronization Scope and I/O Callback Serialization

KMDF Wait Locks and Spin Locks

Synchronization of I/O Request Cancellation in KMDF Drivers

Summary and General Tips for Synchronization

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1 TokenChapter 11. Driver Tracing and Diagnosability

WPP Software Tracing Basics

Trace Message Functions and Macros

How to Support Software Tracing in a Driver

Tools for Software Tracing

How to Run a Software Trace Session

Best Practices: Design for Diagnosability

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1 TokenChapter 12. WDF Support Objects

Memory Allocation

Registry Access

General Objects

KMDF Collection Objects

KMDF Timer Objects

WMI Support in a KMDF Driver

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1 TokenChapter 13. UMDF Driver Template

A Description of the Skeleton Sample

How to Customize the Skeleton Sample Source Files

How to Customize the Skeleton Sample Build and Installation Support Files

Part 4: Additional Topics for KMDF Drivers

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1 TokenChapter 14. Beyond the Frameworks

How to Use System Services Outside the Frameworks

How to Handle Requests that the Frameworks Do Not Support

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1 TokenChapter 15. Scheduling, Thread Context, and IRQL

About Threads

Interrupt Request Levels

Thread Interruption Scenarios

Work Items and Driver Threads

Best Practices for Managing Thread Context and IRQL in KMDF Drivers

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1 TokenChapter 16. Hardware Resources and Interrupts

Hardware Resources

Interrupts and Interrupt Handling

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1 TokenChapter 17. Direct Memory Access

Basic DMA Concepts and Terminology

DMA-Specific Device Information

Windows DMA Abstraction

Implementing DMA Drivers

Testing DMA Drivers

Best Practices: Do’s and Don’ts for DMA Drivers

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1 TokenChapter 18. An Introduction to COM

Before Starting

UMDF Driver Structure

A Brief Overview of COM

How to Use UMDF COM Objects

How to Implement the DLL Infrastructure

How to Implement UMDF Callback Objects

Part 5: Building, Installing, and Testing a WDF Driver

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1 TokenChapter 19. How to Build WDF Drivers

General Build Considerations for Drivers

Introduction to Building Drivers

UMDF Example: Building the Fx2_Driver Sample

KMDF Example: Building the Osrusbfx2 Sample

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1 TokenChapter 20. How to Install WDF Drivers

Driver Installation Basics

WDF Driver Installation Considerations

WDF Driver Package Components

How to Create an INF for a WDF Driver Package

Examples of WDF INFs

How to Sign and Distribute a Driver Package

How to Distribute the Driver Package

How to Install a Driver

How to Troubleshoot WDF Driver Installation Problems

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1 TokenChapter 21. Tools for Testing WDF Drivers

Getting Started with Driver Testing

Driver Verifier

KMDF Verifier

UMDF Verifier

Application Verifier

Best Practices for Testing WDF Drivers

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1 TokenChapter 22. How to Debug WDF Drivers

About WDF Debugging Tools

WinDbg Basics

How to Prepare for UMDF Debugging

How to Prepare for KMDF Debugging

UMDF Walkthrough: Debugging the Fx2_Driver Sample

KMDF Walkthrough: Debugging the Osrusbfx2 Sample

How to View Trace Messages with WinDbg

How to Use WinDbg to View the KMDF Log

More Suggestions for Experimenting with WinDbg

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1 TokenChapter 23. PREfast for Drivers

Introduction to PREfast

How to Use PREfast

Coding Practices that Improve PREfast Results

How to Use Annotations

General-Purpose Annotations

Driver Annotations

How to Write and Debug Annotations

PREfast Best Practices

Example: Osrusbfx2.h with Annotations

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1 TokenChapter 24. Static Driver Verifier

Introduction to SDV

How SDV Works

How to Annotate KMDF Driver Source Code for SDV

How to Run SDV

How to View SDV Reports

KMDF Rules for SDV

Example: Walkthrough SDV Analysis of Fail_Driver3

KMDF Callback Function Role Types for SDV

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1 TokenGlossary

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1 TokenAbout the Authors

Penny Orwick

Guy Smith

Carol Buchmiller

Annie Pearson

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1 TokenMicrosoft Press Support Information

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1 TokenAdditional Resources for Developers

Visual Basic 2005

Visual C# 2005

Web Development

Data Access

SQL Server 2005

Other Visual Studio 2005 Topics

Other Developer Topics

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1 TokenMore Great Developer Resources

Developer Step by Step

Developer Reference

Advanced Topics

Index

Extras

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