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          • ▼Part 1: Kernel-Mode Support Routines
            • ▼Chapter 1 Summary of Kernel-mode Support Routines
              • Chapter 1 Summary of Kernel-mode Support Routines
              • ▶1.1 Initialization and Unload
              • ▶1.2 IRPs
              • ▼1.3 Synchronization
                • 1.3 Synchronization
                • 1.3.1 Driver Routines and I/O Objects
                • 1.3.2 IRQL
                • 1.3.3 Spin Locks and Interlocks
                • 1.3.4 Timers
                • 1.3.5 Driver Threads, Dispatcher Objects, and Resources
              • ▶1.4 Memory
              • 1.5 DMA
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              • 1.7 Driver-managed Queues
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              • 1.10 Data Conversions
              • 1.11 Access to Driver-managed Objects
              • 1.12 Error Handling
            • ▶Chapter 2 Executive Support Routines
            • ▶Chapter 3 Hardware Abstraction Layer Routines
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            • ▶Chapter 5 Kernel Routines
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            • ▶Chapter 10 Security Reference Monitor Routines
            • ▶Chapter 11 ZwXxx Routines
            • ▶Chapter 12 System Structures
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          • ▶Part 3: SCSI Drivers
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