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2. Windows Driver Kit - Wikipedia

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   Previously, the WDK was known as the Driver Development Kit (DDK) [4] and supported Windows Driver Model (WDM) development. It got its current name when Microsoft released Windows Vista and added the following previously separated tools to the kit: Installable File System Kit (IFS Kit), Driver Test Manager (DTM), though DTM was later renamed and removed from WDK again.

3. Windows Driver Frameworks - Wikipedia

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   Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF, formerly Windows Driver Foundation), is a set of Microsoft tools and libraries that aid in the creation of device drivers for Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows. It complements Windows Driver Model, abstracting away much of the boilerplate complexity in writing Windows drivers. WDF consists of Kernel-Mode ...

4. Windows Driver Model - Wikipedia

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   However, Windows 10 64-bit drivers now need to be signed by Microsoft. Therefore, device vendors have to submit their drivers to Microsoft for testing and approval. The driver installation package includes all files in the .inf directory, and all files in the package need to be installed, otherwise the installation of the device driver may fail.

5. User-Mode Driver Framework - Wikipedia

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   User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) is a device-driver development platform first introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, and is also available for Windows XP. It facilitates the creation of drivers for certain classes of devices.

6. Microsoft Windows library files - Wikipedia

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   Although drivers for most hardware are contained in other files, commonly of file type .sys, a few core drivers are compiled into hal.dll. Kernel mode device drivers for devices on buses such as PCI and PCI Express directly call routines in the HAL to access I/O ports and registers of their devices. The drivers use HAL routines because ...

7. WHQL Testing - Wikipedia

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   Device drivers that have passed the WHQL tests are also made available for download using Windows Update or the Microsoft Update Catalog. Not all of the drivers in Windows Update are up to date. On Windows XP, when Windows detects a new device for which it does not have built-in drivers, it shows a Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box ...