12.6. Set I/O Handling in the Kernel PlugIn
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Move your I/O handling code (if needed) from the user mode to the Kernel
PlugIn message handler —
KP_Call [B.6.4].
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To activate the kernel code that performs the I/O handling from the user
mode, call
WDC_CallKerPlug() [B.3.18] or the low-level
WD_KernelPlugInCall() function (see the WinDriver PCI Low-Level API Reference)
with a relevant message for each of the different functionality that you
wish to perform in the Kernel PlugIn.
Implement a different message for each functionality.
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Define these messages in a header file that is shared by the user-mode
application (which will send the messages) and the Kernel PlugIn driver
(that implements the messages).
In the sample/generated DriverWizard Kernel PlugIn projects, the message
IDs and other information that should be shared by the user-mode
application and Kernel PlugIn drive are defined in the
pci_lib.h/xxx_lib.h
shared library header file.
