Contents

• List of Figures
• 1. WinDriver Overview
  • 1.1 Introduction to WinDriver
  • 1.2 Background
    • 1.2.1 The Challenge
    • 1.2.2 The WinDriver Solution
  • 1.3 How Fast Can WinDriver Go?
  • 1.4 Conclusion
  • 1.5 WinDriver Benefits
  • 1.6 WinDriver Architecture
  • 1.7 What Platforms Does WinDriver Support?
  • 1.8 Limitations of the Different Evaluation Versions
  • 1.9 How Do I Develop My Driver with WinDriver?
    • 1.9.1 On Windows , Linux and Solaris
    • 1.9.2 On Windows CE
  • 1.10 What Does the WinDriver Toolkit Include?
    • 1.10.1 WinDriver Modules
    • 1.10.2 Utilities
    • 1.10.3 WinDriver's Specific Chipset Support
    • 1.10.4 Samples
  • 1.11 Can I Distribute the Driver Created with WinDriver?
  
  
• 2. Understanding Device Drivers
  • 2.1 Device Driver Overview
  • 2.2 Classification of Drivers According to Functionality
    • 2.2.1 Monolithic Drivers
    • 2.2.2 Layered Drivers
    • 2.2.3 Miniport Drivers
  • 2.3 Classification of Drivers According to Operating Systems
    • 2.3.1 WDM Drivers
    • 2.3.2 VxD Drivers
    • 2.3.3 Unix Device Drivers
    • 2.3.4 Linux Device Drivers
    • 2.3.5 Solaris Device Drivers
  • 2.4 The Entry Point of the Driver
  • 2.5 Associating the Hardware to the Driver
  • 2.6 Communicating with Drivers
  
  
• 3. Installing WinDriver
  • 3.1 System Requirements
    • 3.1.1 Windows System Requirements
      • 3.1.1.1 Windows 98/Me System Requirements
      • 3.1.1.2 Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista System Requirements
    • 3.1.2 Windows CE System Requirements
    • 3.1.3 Linux System Requirements
    • 3.1.4 Solaris System Requirements
  • 3.2 WinDriver Installation Process
    • 3.2.1 Windows WinDriver Installation Instructions
    • 3.2.2 Windows CE WinDriver Installation Instructions
      • 3.2.2.1 Installing WinDriver CE when Building New CE-Based Platforms
      • 3.2.2.2 Installing WinDriver CE when Developing Applications for Windows CE Computers
      • 3.2.2.3 Windows CE Installation Note
    • 3.2.3 Linux WinDriver Installation Instructions
      • 3.2.3.1 Preparing the System for Installation
      • 3.2.3.2 Installation
      • 3.2.3.3 Restricting Hardware Access on Linux
    • 3.2.4 Solaris WinDriver Installation Instructions
      • 3.2.4.1 Restricting Hardware Access on Solaris
  • 3.3 Upgrading Your Installation
  • 3.4 Checking Your Installation
    • 3.4.1 Windows, Linux and Solaris Installation Check
    • 3.4.2 Windows CE Installation Check
  • 3.5 Uninstalling WinDriver
    • 3.5.1 Windows WinDriver Uninstall Instructions
    • 3.5.2 Linux WinDriver Uninstall Instructions
    • 3.5.3 Solaris WinDriver Uninstall Instructions
  
  
• 4. Using DriverWizard
  • 4.1 An Overview
  • 4.2 DriverWizard Walkthrough
  • 4.3 DriverWizard Notes
    • 4.3.1 Sharing a Resource
    • 4.3.2 Disabling a Resource
    • 4.3.3 Logging WinDriver API Calls
    • 4.3.4 DriverWizard Logger
    • 4.3.5 Automatic Code Generation
      • 4.3.5.1 Generating the Code
      • 4.3.5.2 The Generated PCI/PCMCIA/ISA C Code
      • 4.3.5.3 The Generated Visual Basic and Delphi Code
      • 4.3.5.4 The Generated C# Code
    • 4.3.6 Compiling the Generated Code
      • 4.3.6.1 Windows and Windows CE Compilation:
      • 4.3.6.2 Linux and Solaris Compilation
  
  
• 5. Developing a Driver
  • 5.1 Using the DriverWizard to Build a Device Driver
  • 5.2 Writing the Device Driver Without the DriverWizard
    • 5.2.1 Include the Required WinDriver Files
    • 5.2.2 Write Your Code
  • 5.3 Developing Your Driver on Windows CE Platforms
  • 5.4 Developing in Visual Basic and Delphi
    • 5.4.1 Using DriverWizard
    • 5.4.2 Samples
    • 5.4.3 Kernel PlugIn
    • 5.4.4 Creating your Driver
  
  
• 6. Debugging Drivers
  • 6.1 User-Mode Debugging
  • 6.2 Debug Monitor
    • 6.2.1 Using the Debug Monitor in Graphical Mode - wddebug_gui
      • 6.2.1.1 Running the Graphical Debug Monitor for a Renamed Driver
    • 6.2.2 Using the Debug Monitor in Console Mode - wddebug
  
  
• 7. Enhanced Support for Specific Chipsets
  • 7.1 Overview
  • 7.2 Developing a Driver Using the Enhanced Chipset Support
  
  
• 8. PCI Express
  • 8.1 PCI Express Overview
  • 8.2 WinDriver for PCI Express
  
  
• 9. Advanced Issues
  • 9.1 Performing Direct Memory Access (DMA)
    • 9.1.1 Scatter/Gather DMA
      • 9.1.1.1 Sample Scatter/Gather DMA Implementation
      • 9.1.1.2 What Should You Implement?
    • 9.1.2 Contiguous Buffer DMA
      • 9.1.2.1 Sample Contiguous Buffer DMA Implementation
      • 9.1.2.2 What Should You Implement?
    • 9.1.3 Performing DMA on SPARC
  • 9.2 Handling Interrupts
    • 9.2.1 General - Handling an Interrupt
      • 9.2.1.1 Handling Interrupts with the WDC Library
    • 9.2.2 ISA/EISA and PCI Interrupts
      • 9.2.2.1 Transfer Commands at Kernel Level (Acknowledging the Interrupt)
    • 9.2.3 Interrupts on Windows CE
      • 9.2.3.1 Improving Interrupt Latency on Windows CE
  • 9.3 Byte Ordering
    • 9.3.1 Introduction to Endianness
    • 9.3.2 WinDriver Byte Ordering Macros
    • 9.3.3 Macros for PCI Target Access
    • 9.3.4 Macros for PCI Master Access
  
  
• 10. Improving Performance
  • 10.1 Overview
    • 10.1.1 Performance Improvement Checklist
  • 10.2 Improving the Performance of a User-Mode Driver
    • 10.2.1 Using Direct Access to Memory-Mapped Regions
    • 10.2.2 Block Transfers and Grouping Multiple Transfers
    • 10.2.3 Performing 64-bit Data Transfers
  
  
• 11. Understanding the Kernel PlugIn
  • 11.1 Background
  • 11.2 Do I Need to Write a Kernel PlugIn Driver?
  • 11.3 What Kind of Performance Can I Expect?
  • 11.4 Overview of the Development Process
  • 11.5 The Kernel PlugIn Architecture
    • 11.5.1 Architecture Overview
    • 11.5.2 WinDriver's Kernel and Kernel PlugIn Interaction
    • 11.5.3 Kernel PlugIn Components
    • 11.5.4 Kernel PlugIn Event Sequence
      • 11.5.4.1 Opening Handle from the User Mode to a Kernel PlugIn Driver
      • 11.5.4.2 Handling User-Mode Requests from the Kernel PlugIn
      • 11.5.4.3 Interrupt Handling - Enable/Disable and High Interrupt Request Level Processing
      • 11.5.4.4 Interrupt Handling - Deferred Procedure Calls
      • 11.5.4.5 Plug and Play and Power Management Events
  • 11.6 How Does Kernel PlugIn Work?
    • 11.6.1 Minimal Requirements for Creating a Kernel PlugIn Driver
    • 11.6.2 Kernel PlugIn Implementation
      • 11.6.2.1 Before You Begin
      • 11.6.2.2 Write Your KP_Init() Function
      • 11.6.2.3 Write Your KP_Open() Function
      • 11.6.2.4 Write the Remaining PlugIn Callbacks
    • 11.6.3 Sample/Generated Kernel PlugIn Driver Code Overview
    • 11.6.4 Kernel PlugIn Sample/Generated Code Directory Structure
      • 11.6.4.1 pci_diag and kp_pci Sample Directories
      • 11.6.4.2 The Generated DriverWizard Kernel PlugIn Directory
    • 11.6.5 Handling Interrupts in the Kernel PlugIn
      • 11.6.5.1 Interrupt Handling in User Mode (Without Kernel PlugIn)
      • 11.6.5.2 Interrupt Handling in the Kernel (Using a Kernel PlugIn)
    • 11.6.6 Message Passing
  
  
• 12. Writing a Kernel PlugIn
  • 12.1 Determine Whether a Kernel PlugIn is Needed
  • 12.2 Prepare the User-Mode Source Code
  • 12.3 Create a New Kernel PlugIn Project
  • 12.4 Create a Handle to the Kernel PlugIn
  • 12.5 Set Interrupt Handling in the Kernel PlugIn
  • 12.6 Set I/O Handling in the Kernel PlugIn
  • 12.7 Compile Your Kernel PlugIn Driver
    • 12.7.1 On Windows
    • 12.7.2 On Linux
    • 12.7.3 On Solaris
  • 12.8 Install Your Kernel PlugIn Driver
    • 12.8.1 On Windows
    • 12.8.2 On Linux
    • 12.8.3 On Solaris
  
  
• 13. Dynamically Loading Your Driver
  • 13.1 Why Do You Need a Dynamically Loadable Driver?
  • 13.2 Windows Dynamic Driver Loading
    • 13.2.1 Windows Driver Types
    • 13.2.2 The WDREG Utility
      • 13.2.2.1 WDM Drivers
      • 13.2.2.2 Non-WDM Drivers
    • 13.2.3 Dynamically Loading/Unloading windrvr6.sys INF Files
    • 13.2.4 Dynamically Loading/Unloading Your Kernel PlugIn Driver
  • 13.3 Linux Dynamic Driver Loading
  • 13.4 Solaris Dynamic Driver Loading
  • 13.5 Windows Mobile Dynamic Driver Loading
  
  
• 14. Distributing Your Driver
  • 14.1 Getting a Valid License for WinDriver
  • 14.2 Windows Driver Distribution
    • 14.2.1 Preparing the Distribution Package
    • 14.2.2 Installing Your Driver on the Target Computer
    • 14.2.3 Installing Your Kernel PlugIn on the Target Computer
  • 14.3 Windows CE Driver Distribution
    • 14.3.1 Distribution to New Windows CE Platforms
    • 14.3.2 Distribution to Windows CE Computers
  • 14.4 Linux Driver Distribution
    • 14.4.1 WinDriver Kernel Module
    • 14.4.2 User-Mode Hardware Control Application/Shared Objects
    • 14.4.3 Kernel PlugIn Modules
    • 14.4.4 Installation Script
  • 14.5 Solaris Driver Distribution
  
  
• 15. Driver Installation - Advanced Issues
  • 15.1 INF Files - Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
    • 15.1.1 Why Should I Create an INF File?
    • 15.1.2 How Do I Install an INF File When No Driver Exists?
    • 15.1.3 How Do I Replace an Existing Driver Using the INF File?
  • 15.2 Renaming the WinDriver Kernel Driver
    • 15.2.1 Windows Driver Rename
      • 15.2.1.1 Rename the Windows Driver Using DriverWizard
      • 15.2.1.2 Manually Rename the Windows Driver
    • 15.2.2 Linux Driver Rename
      • 15.2.2.1 Rename the Linux Driver Using DriverWizard
      • 15.2.2.2 Manually Rename the Linux Driver
    • 15.2.3 Solaris Driver Rename
      • 15.2.3.1 Rename the Solaris Driver Using DriverWizard
      • 15.2.3.2 Manually Rename the Solaris Driver
  • 15.3 Digital Driver Signing & Certification - Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
    • 15.3.1 Overview
      • 15.3.1.1 Authenticode Driver Signature
      • 15.3.1.2 WHQL Driver Certification
    • 15.3.2 Driver Signing & Certification of WinDriver-Based Drivers
      • 15.3.2.1 WHQL DTM Test Notes
  
  
• A. 64-bit Operating Systems Support
  • A.1 Supported 64-bit Architectures
  • A.2 Support for 32-bit Applications on 64-bit Architectures
  • A.3 64-bit and 32-bit Data Types
  
  
• B. API Reference
  • B.1 WD_DriverName()
  • B.2 WDC Library Overview
  • B.3 WDC High Level API
    • B.3.1 Structures, Types and General Definitions
      • B.3.1.1 WDC_DEVICE_HANDLE
      • B.3.1.2 WDC_DRV_OPEN_OPTIONS Definitions
      • B.3.1.3 WDC_DIRECTION Enumeration
      • B.3.1.4 WDC_ADDR_MODE Enumeration
      • B.3.1.5 WDC_ADDR_RW_OPTIONS Enumeration
      • B.3.1.6 WDC_ADDR_SIZE Definitions
      • B.3.1.7 WDC_SLEEP_OPTIONS Definitions
      • B.3.1.8 WDC_DBG_OPTIONS Definitions
      • B.3.1.9 WDC_SLOT_U Union
      • B.3.1.10 WDC_PCI_SCAN_RESULT Structure
      • B.3.1.11 WDC_PCMCIA_SCAN_RESULT Structure
    • B.3.2 WDC_DriverOpen()
    • B.3.3 WDC_DriverClose()
    • B.3.4 WDC_PciScanDevices()
    • B.3.5 WDC_PciScanDevicesByTopology()
    • B.3.6 WDC_PcmciaScanDevices()
    • B.3.7 WDC_PciGetDeviceInfo()
    • B.3.8 WDC_PcmciaGetDeviceInfo()
    • B.3.9 WDC_PciDeviceOpen()
    • B.3.10 WDC_PcmciaDeviceOpen()
    • B.3.11 WDC_IsaDeviceOpen()
    • B.3.12 WDC_PciDeviceClose()
    • B.3.13 WDC_PcmciaDeviceClose()
    • B.3.14 WDC_IsaDeviceClose()
    • B.3.15 WDC_CardCleanupSetup()
    • B.3.16 WDC_KernelPlugInOpen()
    • B.3.17 WDC_CallKerPlug()
    • B.3.18 WDC_ReadMemXXX()
    • B.3.19 WDC_WriteMemXXX()
    • B.3.20 WDC_ReadAddrXXX()
    • B.3.21 WDC_WriteAddrXXX()
    • B.3.22 WDC_ReadAddrBlock()
    • B.3.23 WDC_WriteAddrBlock()
    • B.3.24 WDC_MultiTransfer()
    • B.3.25 WDC_AddrSpaceIsActive()
    • B.3.26 WDC_PciReadCfgBySlot()
    • B.3.27 WDC_PciWriteCfgBySlot()
    • B.3.28 WDC_PciReadCfg()
    • B.3.29 WDC_PciWriteCfg()
    • B.3.30 WDC_PciReadCfgBySlotXXX()
    • B.3.31 WDC_PciWriteCfgBySlotXXX()
    • B.3.32 WDC_PciReadCfgXXX()
    • B.3.33 WDC_PciWriteCfgXXX()
    • B.3.34 WDC_PcmciaReadAttribSpace()
    • B.3.35 WDC_PcmciaWriteAttribSpace()
    • B.3.36 WDC_PcmciaSetWindow()
    • B.3.37 WDC_PcmciaSetVpp()
    • B.3.38 WDC_DMAContigBufLock()
    • B.3.39 WDC_DMASGBufLock()
    • B.3.40 WDC_DMABufUnlock()
    • B.3.41 WDC_DMASyncCpu()
    • B.3.42 WDC_DMASyncIo()
    • B.3.43 WDC_IntEnable()
    • B.3.44 WDC_IntDisable()
    • B.3.45 WDC_IntIsEnabled()
    • B.3.46 WDC_EventRegister()
    • B.3.47 WDC_EventUnregister()
    • B.3.48 WDC_EventIsRegistered()
    • B.3.49 WDC_SetDebugOptions()
    • B.3.50 WDC_Err()
    • B.3.51 WDC_Trace()
    • B.3.52 WDC_GetWDHandle()
    • B.3.53 WDC_GetDevContext()
    • B.3.54 WDC_GetBusType()
    • B.3.55 WDC_Sleep()
    • B.3.56 WDC_Version()
  • B.4 WDC Low Level API
    • B.4.1 WDC_ID_U Union
    • B.4.2 WDC_ADDR_DESC Structure
    • B.4.3 WDC_DEVICE Structure
    • B.4.4 PWDC_DEVICE
    • B.4.5 WDC_MEM_DIRECT_ADDR Macro
    • B.4.6 WDC_ADDR_IS_MEM Macro
    • B.4.7 WDC_GET_ADDR_DESC Macro
    • B.4.8 WDC_IS_KP Macro
  • B.5 WD_xxx Structures, Types and General Definitions
    • B.5.1 WD_BUS_TYP Enumeration
    • B.5.2 ITEM_TYPE Enumeration
    • B.5.3 WD_PCMCIA_ACC_SPEED Enumeration
    • B.5.4 WD_PCMCIA_ACC_WIDTH Enumeration
    • B.5.5 WD_PCMCIA_VPP Enumeration
    • B.5.6 WD_PCI_ID Structure
    • B.5.7 WD_PCMCIA_ID Structure
    • B.5.8 WD_PCI_SLOT Structure
    • B.5.9 WD_PCMCIA_SLOT Structure
    • B.5.10 WD_CARD Structure
    • B.5.11 WD_PCI_CARD_INFO Structure
    • B.5.12 WD_PCMCIA_CARD_INFO Structure
    • B.5.13 WD_DMA Structure
    • B.5.14 WD_TRANSFER Structure
  • B.6 Kernel PlugIn Kernel-Mode Functions
    • B.6.1 KP_Init()
    • B.6.2 KP_Open()
    • B.6.3 KP_Close()
    • B.6.4 KP_Call()
    • B.6.5 KP_Event()
    • B.6.6 KP_IntEnable()
    • B.6.7 KP_IntDisable()
    • B.6.8 KP_IntAtIrql()
    • B.6.9 KP_IntAtDpc()
    • B.6.10 COPY_TO_USER_OR_KERNEL, COPY_FROM_USER_OR_KERNEL
    • B.6.11 Kernel PlugIn Synchronization APIs
      • B.6.11.1 Kernel PlugIn Synchronization Types
      • B.6.11.2 kp_spinlock_init()
      • B.6.11.3 kp_spinlock_wait()
      • B.6.11.4 kp_spinlock_release()
      • B.6.11.5 kp_spinlock_uninit()
      • B.6.11.6 kp_interlocked_init()
      • B.6.11.7 kp_interlocked_uninit()
      • B.6.11.8 kp_interlocked_increment()
      • B.6.11.9 kp_interlocked_decrement()
      • B.6.11.10 kp_interlocked_add()
      • B.6.11.11 kp_interlocked_read()
      • B.6.11.12 kp_interlocked_set()
      • B.6.11.13 kp_interlocked_exchange()
  • B.7 Kernel PlugIn Structure Reference
    • B.7.1 WD_KERNEL_PLUGIN
    • B.7.2 WD_INTERRUPT
    • B.7.3 WD_KERNEL_PLUGIN_CALL
    • B.7.4 KP_INIT
    • B.7.5 KP_OPEN_CALL
  • B.8 User-Mode Utility Functions
    • B.8.1 Stat2Str()
    • B.8.2 get_os_type()
    • B.8.3 ThreadStart()
    • B.8.4 ThreadWait()
    • B.8.5 OsEventCreate()
    • B.8.6 OsEventClose()
    • B.8.7 OsEventWait()
    • B.8.8 OsEventSignal()
    • B.8.9 OsEventReset()
    • B.8.10 OsMutexCreate()
    • B.8.11 OsMutexClose()
    • B.8.12 OsMutexLock()
    • B.8.13 OsMutexUnlock()
    • B.8.14 PrintDbgMessage()
    • B.8.15 WD_LogStart()
    • B.8.16 WD_LogStop()
    • B.8.17 WD_LogAdd()
  • B.9 WinDriver Status Codes
    • B.9.1 Introduction
    • B.9.2 Status Codes Returned by WinDriver
  
  
• C. Troubleshooting and Support
• D. Evaluation Version Limitations
  • D.1 Windows WinDriver Evaluation Limitations
  • D.2 Windows CE WinDriver Evaluation Limitations
  • D.3 Linux WinDriver Evaluation Limitations
  • D.4 Solaris WinDriver Evaluation Limitations
  
  
• E. Purchasing WinDriver
• F. Distributing Your Driver - Legal Issues
• G. Additional Documentation