Device Enumeration
As briefly described earlier in this chapter, the PnP Configuration Manager is responsible for enumerating the hardware discovered on a system. Starting at system boot, or as devices are inserted or removed, a bus driver is responsible for identifying and listing (i.e., enumerating) attached hardware. The hardware resources assigned to a device are supplied to the driver when the PnP Start Message subcode (IRP_MN_START_DEVICE) is sent.
The technique used to assign unique hardware resources to a device is bus-and driver-dependent. For example, it is possible that two devices installed in a system have conflicting resource requirements at boot time. Both devices might default to the same I/O port address. The PnP Configuration ...
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