(Notes from Oney’s book) 1. a driver is a collection of routines called by OS DriverEntry, AddDevice StartIo, AdapterControl, OnInterrupt, DpcForIsr, … DispatchPnp, DispatchPower, DispatchWmi, DispatchRead, DispatchWrite 2. A Pnp device has an electronic signature that the system can detect … Continue reading →

responsible for creating functional device objects (FDO) or filter device objects (filter DO) for devices enumerated by the Plug and Play (PnP) manager. 1. IoCreateDevice to create a device object 2. [optional] IoRegisterDeviceInterface symbolic links to the device 3. Store … Continue reading →

Called by I/O manager when the driver is loaded. Responsible for driver initialization. AddDevice routine responsible for device initialization. 1. Supply entry points for the driver’s standard routines 2. Create and/or initialize various driver-wide objects, types, or resources the driver … Continue reading →