Chapter 12: WDF Support Objects

Overview

In addition to the driver, device, queue, and I/O request objects that represent the basic abstractions that are common to drivers, WDF includes several other types of objects that support features that a driver might occasionally require. This chapter describes how to use those objects. It also covers the support for WMI that is built into KMDF.

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Tools and files
Pooltag.txt	%wdk%\tools\other\platform\poolmon
Samples
Toastmon	%wdk%\Src\Kmdf\Toaster\Toastmon\
Featured Toaster	%wdk%\Src\Kmdf\Toaster\Func\Featured
WDK documentation
ExAllocatePoolWithTag	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82323
Introduction to WMI	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82322
Kernel-Mode Driver Framework Design Guide	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79342
User-Mode Driver Framework Design Guide	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79341