Part 6 · Device Drivers

Chapter 13 · Device Drivers

  1. Chapter 13 · Device Drivers
  2. Section 1: What a Driver Really Is
  3. Section 2: Why Drivers Are Required
  4. Section 3: User-Mode vs Kernel-Mode Drivers
  5. Section 4: Driver Architecture
  6. Section 5: Driver Installation
  7. Section 6: Driver Loading and Initialization
  8. Section 7: Plug and Play (PnP)
  9. Section 8: Driver Signing
  10. Section 9: I/O Request Packets (IRPs)
  11. Section 10: Interrupts and Driver Handling
  12. Section 11: DMA in Drivers
  13. Section 12: Symbolic Links and Device Namespace
  14. Section 13: Driver Dependencies
  15. Section 14: Driver Failures and BSODs
  16. Section 15: Debugging Drivers
  17. Section 16: Complete Chain — Connecting a USB Keyboard
  18. Practical Lab: Driver Exploration
  19. Knowledge Check