Device Driver Development Concepts (Windows CE 5.0)

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This section provides conceptual information about developing device drivers for Windows CE.

In This Section

• Accessing Memory from a Driver
  Explains how to access memory from a device driver.
• Bus Agnostic Drivers
  Explains what a bus agnostic driver is and how to implement one.
• Bus Drivers
  Explains bus drivers, how bus drivers name subordinate buses, bus driver registry keys, and power callbacks.
• Bus Enumerator
  Discusses the bus enumerator, also referred to as BusEnum.dll, and how it works.
• Device Interfaces
  Explains device interfaces, device interface notifications, and how to register for device interface notifications. It also provides information on the device interface functions and structures.
• Direct Memory Access
  Discusses the support that Windows CE provides for direct memory access (DMA).
• Drivers and Process Address Spaces
  Explains the relationship between device drivers and the process address spaces of the operating system (OS).
• Exception Handling in Device Drivers
  Provides recommendations for handling exceptions in device drivers.
• Interrupts
  Explains interrupts and how to set up interrupt service routines (ISRs).
• Layered Drivers vs. Monolithic Drivers
  Compares device drivers that abstract platform-dependent code with drivers that do not.
• Loading Device Drivers
  Explains the device driver loading process.
• Managing Pointers in Device Drivers
  Describes how to manage pointers in device drivers.
• Memory Access Permissions
  Discusses memory access permission in relation to device drivers.
• Resolving Race Conditions in Device Drivers
  Explains the two stream interface entry points that resolve certain race conditions related to device driver loading and unloading.
• Troubleshooting a Device Driver
  Suggests ways to troubleshoot building, downloading, loading, and debugging a device driver.

Related Sections

• Windows CE Drivers
  Provides links to all the categories of drivers included with Windows CE.

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