Generic Device Driver Support
The Generic Device Driver Support component provides classes of device drivers, including drivers that support the keyboard, printer, and modem device classes. By using this component, you can quickly add driver support for specific device classes to your run-time image.
Services
This component is associated with Plug and Play.
Associated Components
No other components interact with this component.
Settings
This component can be configured by using Target Designer to include driver support for certain device classes. The device drivers which belong to the device classes that you select will automatically be added to your run-time image during the build process. The appropriate class installers for the device classes that you select will also be automatically added to your run-time image.
This component does not include driver support for any device classes by default.
The configurable settings for this component are described in the following table.
Setting | Default setting | Description |
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Device driver class | Cleared | Select one or more of the listed device classes. |
Include registry entries and other resources for this component | Cleared | Causes registry data and other resources to be copied into the run-time image. This increases the size of the run-time image that is built and the time that it takes to build it.
If this option is not selected, registry data and other driver resources are not added to the run-time image and Plug and Play fills in the registry data later. |
Process device driver dependencies | Cleared | Causes device driver dependencies to be processed. Selecting this option increases the time that it takes to check for dependencies.
When class installers are added to the run-time image, a list of tasks is generated. Note that these tasks do not require any action and will be satisfied during the build process. |
Notes
Some IEEE 1394 devices require the SBP-2 Protocol Driver component. This dependency is not satisfied during the check for dependencies that belong to the Generic Device Driver Support component. To resolve this issue, add the SBP2 Compliant IEEE 1394 device component to your run-time image.
Third-party driver files must be manually added to a configuration that uses the Generic Device Driver Support component. Including third-party drivers in a build configuration that uses this component causes an error to occur for each file that is contained in the component database but was not manually added to the configuration.
Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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