Chapter 17: Direct Memory Access


Overview

Using direct memory access (DMA) for data transfers to or from a DMA-capable device has many advantages, including higher speed transfers and lower overall system CPU usage. The framework transparently handles much of the required work to implement DMA in a KMDF driver. Drivers are primarily responsible for specifying the capabilities of their device and initiating DMA operations.

This chapter describes the basic concepts and terminology used in writing DMA drivers for Windows. It also describes the details that you should know about the DMA implementation in a device before you start to write the driver.

 KMDF  The information in this chapter applies only to KMDF drivers for DMA-capable devices.

For this chapter, you need

From


Tools

 

Driver Verifier

Built into Windows

Samples

 

PLX9x5x sample

%wdk%\src\kmdf\Plx9x5x

WDK documentation

 

Handling DMA Operations in Framework-Based Drivers

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=80073

DMA Verification (Driver Verifier)

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=80070




Developing Drivers with the Microsoft Windows Driver Foundation
Developing Drivers with the Windows Driver Foundation (Pro Developer)
ISBN: 0735623740
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 224

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