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MSDN Library Visual Studio 6.0
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Welcome to the MSDN Library
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Visual Studio Documentation
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Visual Basic Documentation
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Visual C++ Documentation
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Visual FoxPro Documentation
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Windows 95 Device Driver Kit
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Windows CE Device Driver Kit
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 DDK
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Legal Information
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Release Notes for V4.0
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Programmer's Guide
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Kernel-Mode Drivers
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Design Guide
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Chapter 1 NT Drivers
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Chapter 2 Layered I/O, IRPs, and I/O Objects
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Chapter 3 NT Objects and Support for Drivers
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Chapter 4 Basic Driver Structure
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Chapter 5 DriverEntry and Reinitialize Routines
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Chapter 6 Dispatch Routines
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Chapter 7 StartIo and Queue Management Routines
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Chapter 8 Interrupt Service Routine
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Chapter 9 DpcForIsr Routine and CustomDpc Routines
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Chapter 10 SynchCritSection Routines
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Chapter 11 AdapterControl and ControllerControl Routines
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Chapter 12 Cancel Routines
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Chapter 13 IoCompletion Routines
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Chapter 14 IoTimer and CustomTimerDpc Routines
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Chapter 15 Unload Routine
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Chapter 16 Common Driver Design Issues
Chapter 16 Common Driver Design Issues
16.1 Managing Hardware Priorities
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16.2 Using Spin Locks
16.3 Polling a Device
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16.4 Managing Memory Usage
16.4 Managing Memory Usage
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16.4.1 Using System Memory
16.4.1 Using System Memory
16.4.1.1 NT Driver Access to User-Space Memory
16.4.1.2 Setting up MDLs for Partial Transfer Requests
16.4.1.3 Allocating System-Space Memory
16.4.1.4 Remapping Bus-Relative Memory-Space Addresses to Logical Addresses
16.4.2 Using the Kernel Stack
16.4.3 Using Zone Buffers
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16.5 Maintaining Cache Coherency for DMA and PIO
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16.6 Error Logging and NTSTATUS Values
16.7 Handling Removable Media
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16.8 Using the Registry
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16.9 Setting Up Symbolic Links
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Appendix A SCSI Drivers
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Kernel-mode Glossary
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Reference
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Graphics Drivers
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Multimedia Drivers
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Network Drivers
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Virtual DOS Drivers
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