Device Driver Development in Windows

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My aim is to learn developing device drivers for windows. Choice of framework(s) is left to me. Are/Is there any good books on this topic? I have searched on web about this and did find many pages, I am hoping to get an expert advice.
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Posted 28-Jul-12 1:21am

stib_markc

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Google is your friend to get you started to learn the basics. Learn the basics and create toy applications to learn each of the tools, classes, structures ...or whatever the technology provides...Next step is to mimic the existing drivers ...Once you are capable of it, then you are done...

How to write device drivers for windows[^]

If you face any specific problems , then post it to codeproject with sufficient information and error message of the issue along with the code snippet. We will be glad to help you

Posted 28-Jul-12 1:29am

bbirajdar

Updated 28-Jul-12 1:35am

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stib_markc 30-Jul-12 0:24am

thank you

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Find out some driver programming videos in you tube it would also very help full for practical knowledge.

Posted 28-Jul-12 5:40am

Rajesh Buddaraju

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stib_markc 30-Jul-12 0:23am

thank you

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windows device driver programming books
read customer reviews for more details

Posted 29-Jul-12 3:32am

Reza Oruji

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stib_markc 30-Jul-12 0:23am

thank you

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Hi..

Watch the youtube video link below for a beginners tutorial about Device Drivers ..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVePBdqu2x0[^]

Posted 29-Mar-13 4:12am

Jack123sweet

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bbirajdar 1-Apr-13 7:03am

Please dont downvote other solutions because somebody downvoted you.... Ask the reason for downvote ..

You were probably downvoted because you are providing a solution to a already 'solved' question..

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Hawkfuture · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-28T04:08:00

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In my case, I started driver programming with "Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model" by Walter Oney. Windows DDK/WDK documents are also helpful.

Posted 28-Jul-12 4:08am

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«_Superman_» · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-29T03:51:00

The latest framework for writing device drivers for Windows is the Windows Driver Foundation (WDF).
Microsoft recommends you use WDF. It is a wrapper around the Windows Driver Model (WDM) and eases driver development drastically. Many difficult tasks like power management and plug and play which are mandatory for all drivers are taken care of by the framework unless you want to override the default behavior. It is what MFC is to Win32.

You need to get this book - Developing Drivers with the Windows® Driver Foundation[^]

Volynsky Alex · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-29T11:40:00

Writing Windows VxDs and Device Drivers, Second Edition (Paperback) by Karen Hazzah
http://www.tower.com/writing-windows-vxds-device-drivers-karen-hazzah-paperback/wapi/109010721[^]

Developing Windows NT Device Drivers: A Programmer's Handbook by Edward N. Dekker & Joseph M. Newcomer
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201695901/eclecticengineer[^]

Windows Programming/The DDK:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Programming/Obtaining_the_DDK[^]
http://www.tenouk.com/windowsddk/windowsdriverdevelopmentkit2.html[^]

P.S. Microsoft Windows Driver Kit v7.1.0 :
http://softarchive.net/blogs/hat/microsoft_windows_driver_kit_v_spyral.211138.html[^]

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