Windows® Internals, Sixth Edition, Part 2

Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF)

We’ve already discussed some details about the Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) in Chapter 2, “System Architecture,” in Part 1. In this section, we’ll take a deeper look at the components and functionality provided by the kernel-mode part of the framework, KMDF. Note that this section will only briefly touch on some of the core architecture of KMDF. For a much more complete overview on the subject, please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463370.aspx.

Structure and Operation of a KMDF Driver

First, let’s take a look at which kinds of drivers or devices are supported by KMDF. In general, any WDM-conformant driver should be supported by KMDF, as long as it performs standard I/O processing ...