Device Drivers

Where is the MSI-X example?
Hi Sir, I'm finding the example of MSI/MSI-X , and even the WDK6001.18000 don't includes that yet. -- Thanks Yu Hao ... 1 Jun 2008 23:54

WinUSB - problem sending control messages
Hello. I assigned the "WinUSB" driver to a special mouse that has some special features. (I do not want to use the mouse as mouse.) Using WinUsb_ReadPipe I can read the data from the mouse - that works. To access the special features I have to send "Set_Feature" USB requests (Class, Interface, Data directi... 2 Jun 2008 17:22

Calls between Kernel mode drivers
I am trying to create a pure software driver (XP and Vista) that will serve as an API provider for my other driver(s), all in Kernel mode. So I need to pass an entry point for the "library" driver to other drivers, and I am planning to achieve it via IOCTLs from a User space process responsible for loading all this... 2 Jun 2008 17:22

Black screen of death and SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3b) nt!CmpGetNameControlBlock+108
This is a troubleshooting question, and maybe this group can help, else please redirect me. I've recently started experiencing black screens of death on my Vista Ultimate x64 machine. The symptom is the screen turns of, and the machine is unresponsive, requiring a reset. The problem happens randomly. The ... 2 Jun 2008 18:57

file change notification;
Is there any way to get notified (callback) when a particular file changes on disk (due to re-write, defrag, moved etc)? Thanks. ... 31 May 2008 04:26

Packet alignment constraint in WinUSB
I'm using WinUSB to communicate with my device and had some issues regarding the RAW_IO pipe policy. At first, I noticed that there is a significant performance hit when not using the RAW_IO pipe policy. The documentation for WinUsb_SetPipePolicy states that WinUSB's queuing and error handling is bypassed when ... 8 Jun 2008 23:35

WinUSB coinstaller problem on 64-bit machines
I've constructed an INF file as described in the WinUSB "How to" document and things work nicely on 32-bit versions of XP and on Vista (32-bit and 64-bit). However, while installing the driver on 64-bit machines I noticed that the 64-bit WinUSB co-installer was not updating the 32-bit winusb.dll in SysWow64. To... 16 Jul 2008 16:09

WinUSB on XP 64-bit
I've been able to successfully use the WinUSB drivers to communicate with my device on XP x64 even though the documentation seems to state that XP x64 does not support XP x64. Specifically the documentation states that all 32-bit versions of XP support WinUSB and that Server 2003 does not support WinUSB. Since XP... 30 May 2008 11:53

INF file is failing ChkInf on XP
I'm using WinUSB as my device driver and wanted to get the driver package WHQL certified, however, I'm running into an issue when running the Driver Test Manager (DTM) tests. It seems that my INF file is failing ChkInf on XP, but succeeding on Vista. I'm getting the following error: "Unable to include winusb.i... 31 May 2008 15:37

damn Windbg
Everything worked fine till today... Nothing changed on my PC. A few details: ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Unknown bu... 31 May 2008 15:37