Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model (Microsoft Professional Series) - Softcover

Oney, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735605882 ISBN 13: 9780735605886

Publisher: Microsoft Press, 1999

Synopsis

A complete reference on using and programming the Win32 Driver Model describes how it communicates with PC peripherals, as well as its efficiency benefits in device support and development, and features a CD-ROM with sample code and portions of the WDM Device Driver Kit. Original. (Advanced).

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Review

Written for advanced C/C++ programmers, Walter Oney's Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model is a technically astute and clearly presented guide to writing custom Windows 2000 device drivers.

The author's command of the details of the new Windows Driver Model (WDM) standard is what makes this book such a clear success. (Because the WDM is rich in kernel and system services, the trick is often knowing how to use what's available rather than doing everything yourself.) The author presents a solid overview of the WDM architecture and breaks down the process of writing custom device drivers into manageable pieces, from the basics of loading device drivers to creating and processing I/O request packets. The book is very good at exposing kernel system calls, design principles, and programming techniques (such as managing synchronization and handling errors). There are also "nerd alerts" that point out extremely technical material.

This book shows you what you'll need to create WDM drivers that cooperate fully with Windows 2000 (and Windows 98). Features like Plug and Play (PnP), Windows power management, and the new Windows Management Instrumentation (WDM) standard get full attention here. There is plenty of sample code (plus a custom Visual C++ AppWizard that generates skeleton code for a default WDM driver) to get you started. Examples for working with the S5933 PCI chip set (and other simple hardware) let you see WDM drivers in action.

The process of writing device drivers certainly has changed from the early days of DOS. But armed with this handy and thorough book, C/C++ programmers can successfully create drivers for custom hardware that take full advantage of all the features of the powerful new WDM standard. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Windows Driver Model (WDM) overview and driver structure; kernel mode; physical filter, function and bus drivers; loading device drivers (DDs); driver objects; Windows 98 compatibility; kernel mode programming basics; error handling; memory management; synchronization; interrupt request levels, kernel synchronization objects, I/O request packets (IRPs), completion routines, plug and play (PnP) basics, reading and writing data, direct memory access (DMA) transfers, power management, error logging, watchdog timers, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Universal Serial Bus (USB): bulk transfer and isochronous pipes; installing DDs: INF files, property pages, and Registry keys.

About the Author

Walter Oney has 35 years of experience in systems-level programming and has been teaching Windows device driver classes for 10 years. He was a contributing editor to Microsoft Systems Journal and is a Microsoft MVP. He has written several books, including Systems Programming for Windows 95 and the first edition of Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model. In his free time he's a committed jogger, a fan of classical dance, and an amateur oboist. He and his wife, Marty, live in Boston, Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0735605882
• ISBN 13: 9780735605886
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 626