Kernel Connectivity (Windows CE 5.0)

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Core kernel connectivity provides KITL-enabled connectivity to a target device via pre-defined kernel streams: the debug message stream, the target control stream, and the kernel debugger stream.

In addition, kernel connectivity provides run-time image download, target device reset, and debug break functionality.

The following table provides more information about service categories for kernel connectivity.

Kernel connectivity Functionality Interfaces
Kernel Download Services
  • Flashing a target device with a run-time image
  • Booting a run-time image on a target device
  • Accessing target device memory information, the IP address and name, and CPU information
 ICcService

ICcBootstrap

ICcServiceConfigure (optional)
Kernel Transport Services
  • Enable clients to control the target OS through kernel level streams
  • Provide, by default, two kernel streams: kernel debug messages and kernel target control
  • Custom connection streams
 ICcKitl

ICcService

ICcTransport

ICcTransportStream

ICcServiceConfigure (optional)
Other Kernel Services
  • Connect to the kernel debugger
  • Receive debug messages at the console
  • Use the Target Control command-line debugging tool
  • Notify client applications of state changes
 Debug Message Service

Target Control Service

Kernel Debugger Services

Service Callback Service

See Also

Kernel Independent Transport Layer

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