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Jan

Meltdown and Spectre: What about drivers?

Categories: COMMUNITY, FSD, GENERAL, WDF, WDK, WDM

by SNoone

The week the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities was one of the most fun weeks I’ve had in a while. Not only were the vulnerabilities mind-bendingly clever, that week had just Read more

Dec

WdfWaitLockAcquire and Code Analysis: When SAL Goes Wrong

Categories: COMMUNITY, WDF, WDK

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by SNoone

I love Source Code Annotation Language, I really do. I’ve already blogged about how great it is in my previous post, SAL Annotations, Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful. I Read more

May

Binary Literals in VS2015 — I Can’t Wait!

Categories: GENERAL, WDF, WDM

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by PeterGV

There are a couple of feature of C/C++ in Visual Studio 2015 that are easy to overlook, but that I'm really looking forward to using. Two of those features that I'm most eagerly anticipating are support for binary literals and digit separators. Together, these promise to make life easier for Windows driver developers. Read more

Mar

New Tools Introduced at WinHEC 2015

Categories: DEBUG, WDF, WDK

Tags: acpi, inf, wdf, wpa, xperf

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by SNoone

Across various presentations at WinHEC, several new tools have been introduced for use by Windows driver writers. There’s no real overarching theme to these tools, they touch different parts of Read more

Mar

Windows Source Code on GitHub!

Categories: COMMUNITY, WDF, WDM

Tags: kmdf, source, umdf, wdf

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by SNoone

[WDF Source Available: https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-Driver-Frameworks] OK, well, maybe that title was a bit misleading. But, it’s not entirely untrue: portions of the Kernel and User Mode Driver Frameworks are going to be available Read more

Jan

Connected standby: It’s Not Just for SOCs Anymore

Categories: GENERAL, Uncategorized, WDF

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by PeterGV

Why should Windows driver writers care about Connected Standby, and what do they need to know about it? That’s what we’ll tell you in this blog post. What’s happens when Read more

Oct

Overlooked Features: Device Name Spaces (article + video)

Categories: WDF

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by PeterGV

Device Name Spaces are an often overlooked, but potentially useful, feature in Windows device driver design and development. This article (with accompanying video) describes how Device Name Spaces can be useful and how to implement them when you write a WDF driver. Read more

Aug

UMDF V2: A Good or Bad Thing? (article + video)

Categories: COMMUNITY, WDF

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by PeterGV

With its unique C++ syntax and its “charming” COM programming pattern, UMDF has largely been ignored by the Windows driver development community. But the arrival of UMDF V2 could change Read more

Aug

Sync Scope with Timers and Work Items

Categories: WDF

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by PeterGV

Every time I teach a class — every single time — I learn something. Sometimes I learn that I’m not nearly as patient as I wish I was. But two Read more

Jun

Using WDF Queues with Manual Dispatch Type (Video)

Categories: WDF

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by SNoone

There’s an old saying that if you ask two developers a question you’ll get three answers. We decided to test that theory by posing a simple challenge: explain WDF Queues Read more

Writing WDF Drivers II: Advanced Implementation Techniques
16-19 October 2018, Manchester, NH
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Windows Internals and Software Driver Development
5-9 November 2018, Sterling, VA
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Developing Filter Manager Minifilters
4-8 February 2019, Manchester, NH
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Writing WDF Drivers I: Core Concepts
25 Feb - 1 Mar 2019, Manchester, NH
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Kernel Debugging and Crash Analysis
25-29 March 2019, Manchester, NH
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