Chapter 21: Tools for Testing WDF Drivers

Overview

Thorough testing throughout all phases of development is essential to create a robust, high-quality driver. It is critical to find and fix as many bugs as possible before releasing a driver to customers, especially in kernel-mode drivers, where bugs are far more likely to cause the system to crash or hang.

This chapter provides a brief introduction to testing and verification tools for WDF drivers.

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Tools and files
Driver testing and verification tools in the WDK	%wdk%\tools
Application Verifier	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79601
Driver Verifier	%windir%\System\verifier.exe
KernRate and KRView	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79779
WDK documentation
Driver Development Tools	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79298
Debugging a Framework-based Driver	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79790
Handling Driver Failures	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79794
Windows Device Testing Framework	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79785
Other
"Windows Error Reporting: Getting Started" on the WHDC Web site	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79792