Book for WinNT Drivers

Hi All.
I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book for introduction to
WinNT kernel drivers as well as
drivers debuging and some example sources.
Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title, ISBN)
Thanks
LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
Siemen SWH
e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
phone : 00421-0905-933961
0043-5-1707 42113
00421-7-5968 4792

Walter Oney’s book “Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model” is an
excellent one for WDM drivers

Also

The book By Peter Viscarola and Tony Mason “Windows NT Device Driver
Development” is another excellent choice (However, it has not been updated
for Win2K Yet).

-Chris

Christopher Pane
Software Engineer
Vanteon

2851 Clover Street
Pittsford, NY 14534
Tel: (716) 248-0510 (Ext 232)
Fax: (716) 248-0537

email: xxxxx@vanteon.com
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Subject: [ntdev] Book for WinNT Drivers

Hi All.
I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book for introduction to
WinNT kernel drivers as well as
drivers debuging and some example sources.
Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title, ISBN)
Thanks
LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
Siemen SWH
e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
phone : 00421-0905-933961
0043-5-1707 42113
00421-7-5968 4792


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I agree.

In addition, Rajeev Nagar’s book “Windows NT File System Internals” is
excellent in my opinion. Although oriented toward file system filters and
drivers, the book offers excellent insight and advice for general NT device
driver development.

Regards,

Thomas F. Divine

PCAUSA - Toolkits & Resources For Network Software Developers
NDIS Protocol - TDI Client - Windows 95 Redirector
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Pane
To: NT Developers Interest List
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

> Walter Oney’s book “Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model” is an
> excellent one for WDM drivers
>
> Also
>
> The book By Peter Viscarola and Tony Mason “Windows NT Device Driver
> Development” is another excellent choice (However, it has not been updated
> for Win2K Yet).
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> Christopher Pane
> Software Engineer
> Vanteon
>
> 2851 Clover Street
> Pittsford, NY 14534
> Tel: (716) 248-0510 (Ext 232)
> Fax: (716) 248-0537
>
> email: xxxxx@vanteon.com
> web: www.vanteon.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Sestak Pavol
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:29 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Book for WinNT Drivers
>
>
> Hi All.
> I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book for introduction to
> WinNT kernel drivers as well as
> drivers debuging and some example sources.
> Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title, ISBN)
> Thanks
> LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
> Siemen SWH
> e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
> phone : 00421-0905-933961
> 0043-5-1707 42113
> 00421-7-5968 4792
>
>
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I agree, Walter’s is a good book. Another I like (it also just briefly
discusses Win 2K) is “Windows NT Device Driver Development” by Peter
Viscarola and W. Anthony Mason.

Ed Lau

MidCore Software, Inc.
900 Straits Tpke.
Middlebury, CT 06762

www.midcore.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Pane
To: NT Developers Interest List
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

> Walter Oney’s book “Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model” is an
> excellent one for WDM drivers
>
> Also
>
> The book By Peter Viscarola and Tony Mason “Windows NT Device Driver
> Development” is another excellent choice (However, it has not been updated
> for Win2K Yet).
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> Christopher Pane
> Software Engineer
> Vanteon
>
> 2851 Clover Street
> Pittsford, NY 14534
> Tel: (716) 248-0510 (Ext 232)
> Fax: (716) 248-0537
>
> email: xxxxx@vanteon.com
> web: www.vanteon.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Sestak Pavol
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:29 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Book for WinNT Drivers
>
>
> Hi All.
> I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book for introduction to
> WinNT kernel drivers as well as
> drivers debuging and some example sources.
> Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title, ISBN)
> Thanks
> LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
> Siemen SWH
> e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
> phone : 00421-0905-933961
> 0043-5-1707 42113
> 00421-7-5968 4792
>
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There is “One” best book. They all have points and cover different twists in
the “practice” of driver writing. I would recommend them all, from Baker to
Olney.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Lau [mailto:xxxxx@midcore.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:34 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

I agree, Walter’s is a good book. Another I like (it also
just briefly
discusses Win 2K) is “Windows NT Device Driver Development”
by Peter
Viscarola and W. Anthony Mason.

Ed Lau

MidCore Software, Inc.
900 Straits Tpke.
Middlebury, CT 06762

www.midcore.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Pane
To: NT Developers Interest List
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

> Walter Oney’s book “Programming the Microsoft Windows
Driver Model” is an
> excellent one for WDM drivers
>
> Also
>
> The book By Peter Viscarola and Tony Mason “Windows NT
Device Driver
> Development” is another excellent choice (However, it has
not been updated
> for Win2K Yet).
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> Christopher Pane
> Software Engineer
> Vanteon
>
> 2851 Clover Street
> Pittsford, NY 14534
> Tel: (716) 248-0510 (Ext 232)
> Fax: (716) 248-0537
>
> email: xxxxx@vanteon.com
> web: www.vanteon.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Sestak
Pavol
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:29 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Book for WinNT Drivers
>
>
> Hi All.
> I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book for
introduction to
> WinNT kernel drivers as well as
> drivers debuging and some example sources.
> Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title, ISBN)
> Thanks
> LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
> Siemen SWH
> e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
> phone : 00421-0905-933961
> 0043-5-1707 42113
> 00421-7-5968 4792
>
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The most complete book, that I have read is “Developing Windows
NT Device Drivers” by Dekker and Newcomer. But I also recommend the
book by Oney, and the book by Viscarola and Mason. I would also highly
recommend signing up for “The NT Insider” published by OSR
(www.osr.com).

David Jones
CharisMac Engineering

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:52 AM
To: David Jones; Wyler Furgeson
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

There is “One” best book. They all have points and cover different
twists in
the “practice” of driver writing. I would recommend them all, from
Baker to
Olney.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Lau [mailto:xxxxx@midcore.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:34 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

I agree, Walter’s is a good book. Another I like (it
also
just briefly
discusses Win 2K) is “Windows NT Device Driver
Development”
by Peter
Viscarola and W. Anthony Mason.

Ed Lau

MidCore Software, Inc.
900 Straits Tpke.
Middlebury, CT 06762

www.midcore.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Pane
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:53 AM
> Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers
>
>
> > Walter Oney’s book “Programming the Microsoft Windows
> Driver Model” is an
> > excellent one for WDM drivers
> >
> > Also
> >
> > The book By Peter Viscarola and Tony Mason “Windows NT
> Device Driver
> > Development” is another excellent choice (However, it
> has
> not been updated
> > for Win2K Yet).
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > Christopher Pane
> > Software Engineer
> > Vanteon
> >
> > 2851 Clover Street
> > Pittsford, NY 14534
> > Tel: (716) 248-0510 (Ext 232)
> > Fax: (716) 248-0537
> >
> > email: xxxxx@vanteon.com
> > web: www.vanteon.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> > [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of
> Sestak
> Pavol
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:29 AM
> > To: NT Developers Interest List
> > Subject: [ntdev] Book for WinNT Drivers
> >
> >
> > Hi All.
> > I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book
> for
> introduction to
> > WinNT kernel drivers as well as
> > drivers debuging and some example sources.
> > Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title,
> ISBN)
> > Thanks
> > LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
> > Siemen SWH
> > e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
> > phone : 00421-0905-933961
> > 0043-5-1707 42113
> > 00421-7-5968 4792
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I wonder if anyone has looked at the Newcomer/Dekker book on writing NT
device drivers, I particularly likee this book as it covers NT/4 and
preliminary info on WIN2K. In my opinion this is an excellent book and I
hold it in as much regard as the other books mentioned.

Comments anyone ?

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Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

There is “One” best book. They all have points and cover different twists in
the “practice” of driver writing. I would recommend them all, from Baker to
Olney.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Lau [mailto:xxxxx@midcore.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:34 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

I agree, Walter’s is a good book. Another I like (it also
just briefly
discusses Win 2K) is “Windows NT Device Driver Development”
by Peter
Viscarola and W. Anthony Mason.

Ed Lau

MidCore Software, Inc.
900 Straits Tpke.
Middlebury, CT 06762

www.midcore.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Pane
To: NT Developers Interest List
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

> Walter Oney’s book “Programming the Microsoft Windows
Driver Model” is an
> excellent one for WDM drivers
>
> Also
>
> The book By Peter Viscarola and Tony Mason “Windows NT
Device Driver
> Development” is another excellent choice (However, it has
not been updated
> for Win2K Yet).
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> Christopher Pane
> Software Engineer
> Vanteon
>
> 2851 Clover Street
> Pittsford, NY 14534
> Tel: (716) 248-0510 (Ext 232)
> Fax: (716) 248-0537
>
> email: xxxxx@vanteon.com
> web: www.vanteon.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Sestak
Pavol
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:29 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Book for WinNT Drivers
>
>
> Hi All.
> I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book for
introduction to
> WinNT kernel drivers as well as
> drivers debuging and some example sources.
> Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title, ISBN)
> Thanks
> LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
> Siemen SWH
> e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
> phone : 00421-0905-933961
> 0043-5-1707 42113
> 00421-7-5968 4792
>
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It is indeed an excellent book, and much easier to understand than the
Viscarola and Mason book from OSR, which is a good read also.
Also bought the Walter Oney WDM book, but I havent even opened it yet. Too
busy enjoyng (!) the Dekker and Newcomer book…

Mark.
CCC Network Systems,
Belfast, Northern Ireland.

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

> I wonder if anyone has looked at the Newcomer/Dekker book on writing NT
> device drivers, I particularly likee this book as it covers NT/4 and
> preliminary info on WIN2K. In my opinion this is an excellent book and I
> hold it in as much regard as the other books mentioned.
>
> Comments anyone ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Gary Little
> Sent: 03 May 2000 16:40
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers
>
>
> There is “One” best book. They all have points and cover different twists
in
> the “practice” of driver writing. I would recommend them all, from Baker
to
> Olney.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Lau [mailto:xxxxx@midcore.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:34 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers
>
> I agree, Walter’s is a good book. Another I like (it also
> just briefly
> discusses Win 2K) is “Windows NT Device Driver Development”
> by Peter
> Viscarola and W. Anthony Mason.
>
> Ed Lau
>
> MidCore Software, Inc.
> 900 Straits Tpke.
> Middlebury, CT 06762
>
> www.midcore.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Pane
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:53 AM
> Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers
>
>
> > Walter Oney’s book “Programming the Microsoft Windows
> Driver Model” is an
> > excellent one for WDM drivers
> >
> > Also
> >
> > The book By Peter Viscarola and Tony Mason “Windows NT
> Device Driver
> > Development” is another excellent choice (However, it has
> not been updated
> > for Win2K Yet).
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > Christopher Pane
> > Software Engineer
> > Vanteon
> >
> > 2851 Clover Street
> > Pittsford, NY 14534
> > Tel: (716) 248-0510 (Ext 232)
> > Fax: (716) 248-0537
> >
> > email: xxxxx@vanteon.com
> > web: www.vanteon.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> > [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Sestak
> Pavol
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:29 AM
> > To: NT Developers Interest List
> > Subject: [ntdev] Book for WinNT Drivers
> >
> >
> > Hi All.
> > I’m new in WinNT drivers, so I’m searching best book for
> introduction to
> > WinNT kernel drivers as well as
> > drivers debuging and some example sources.
> > Please recommend me best You know (Author, Title, ISBN)
> > Thanks
> > LosPalos [Palo Sestak]
> > Siemen SWH
> > e-mail : xxxxx@swh.sk
> > phone : 00421-0905-933961
> > 0043-5-1707 42113
> > 00421-7-5968 4792
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Because I like book reviews, I thought I would add my 2cents.

I’ve read the following and found that each of them have different strong
points:

Baker (the first) - still holds the record for bounding out a driver in
short order…
Nagar - file systems…
Viscarola & Mason - how the system works with respect to device drivers…
Dekker & Newcomer - kernel mode device drivers…
Oney - driver data flow and WDM…

All the above books are excellent and anyone of them will aid in the process
of developing a driver. If I had to make a choice and select just one …

Last year I had to write a filter driver. I pulled out the Baker floppy and
made great progress. Then I had to refer to Nagar to understand how to get
it working with the changes I need to add.

Write Drivers, need library.

I have not read Cant’s book yet. But I am planning on getting the next
Baker book this summer.

just to add
to the confusion,
davem.

Wouldn’t it be great if somebody would be gracious enough to build an
encyclopaedia that covers all of the aspects of writing drivers for any kind
of purpose.

I agree all of the books mentioned so far are good as far as they go,
however, there is no single point of reference which covers everything you
would need to know. Perhaps if Microsoft did a better job of documenting the
driver interface, writing filter drivers, the file system manager and
installable file systems, then we would all be busy earning lots of money
cranking out wonderful drivers and filters for virtually everything
imaginable instead of wasting time and money on books that provide some of
the answers, correlating info from one book to another and trawling on -
line discussion groups to gratefully glean experience from others. The DDK
and IFS kit as many of you already know leaves a lot to be desired.

One can only live and hope that someone out there has the knowledge and
capability to write such a weighty tome. It would be worth a couple of
hundred bucks to buy such a book.

Now there is an original thought :slight_smile:

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of
xxxxx@siemens-psc.com
Sent: 03 May 2000 19:06
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Because I like book reviews, I thought I would add my 2cents.

I’ve read the following and found that each of them have different strong
points:

Baker (the first) - still holds the record for bounding out a driver in
short order…
Nagar - file systems…
Viscarola & Mason - how the system works with respect to device drivers…
Dekker & Newcomer - kernel mode device drivers…
Oney - driver data flow and WDM…

All the above books are excellent and anyone of them will aid in the process
of developing a driver. If I had to make a choice and select just one …

Last year I had to write a filter driver. I pulled out the Baker floppy and
made great progress. Then I had to refer to Nagar to understand how to get
it working with the changes I need to add.

Write Drivers, need library.

I have not read Cant’s book yet. But I am planning on getting the next
Baker book this summer.

just to add
to the confusion,
davem.


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Speaking of which:

Has anyone read - Peter Varhol’s book Microsoft’s Windows Nt Operating
System

It costs $265 and I wondering if it’s the missing link? At that price it
should include at least some of the operating systems code snip-its! An all
the details in plain english, Right?

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Andy Georgiou
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 1:33 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Wouldn’t it be great if somebody would be gracious enough to build an
encyclopaedia that covers all of the aspects of writing drivers for any kind
of purpose.

I agree all of the books mentioned so far are good as far as they go,
however, there is no single point of reference which covers everything you
would need to know. Perhaps if Microsoft did a better job of documenting the
driver interface, writing filter drivers, the file system manager and
installable file systems, then we would all be busy earning lots of money
cranking out wonderful drivers and filters for virtually everything
imaginable instead of wasting time and money on books that provide some of
the answers, correlating info from one book to another and trawling on -
line discussion groups to gratefully glean experience from others. The DDK
and IFS kit as many of you already know leaves a lot to be desired.

One can only live and hope that someone out there has the knowledge and
capability to write such a weighty tome. It would be worth a couple of
hundred bucks to buy such a book.

Now there is an original thought :slight_smile:

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of
xxxxx@siemens-psc.com
Sent: 03 May 2000 19:06
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Because I like book reviews, I thought I would add my 2cents.

I’ve read the following and found that each of them have different strong
points:

Baker (the first) - still holds the record for bounding out a driver in
short order…
Nagar - file systems…
Viscarola & Mason - how the system works with respect to device drivers…
Dekker & Newcomer - kernel mode device drivers…
Oney - driver data flow and WDM…

All the above books are excellent and anyone of them will aid in the process
of developing a driver. If I had to make a choice and select just one …

Last year I had to write a filter driver. I pulled out the Baker floppy and
made great progress. Then I had to refer to Nagar to understand how to get
it working with the changes I need to add.

Write Drivers, need library.

I have not read Cant’s book yet. But I am planning on getting the next
Baker book this summer.

just to add
to the confusion,
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The best thing I found to do, if you are new to Drivers under NT is to Pick
one book , read it cover to cover then convince your company to send you to
the OSR WDM/Kernal Driver lab course, which I might say is one of the *BEST*
technical courses I have ever attended. Real hands on.

And after my initial pre-course read, I was filled with questions and a
little foggy on many of the areas. Peter (The teacher) in a very short
amount of time took me from a very basic, foggy understanding of Win2k
Drivers, to feeling like I had a very solid foundation on how to wrote Win2k
Drivers, and was ready to start being productive back at work ! His lecture
style and the hands on nature of the course really works - It also gave me
alot of the “Why” things are designed a certain way in WinNT.

Later

_Chris

Christopher Pane
Software Engineer
Vanteon

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-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Andy Georgiou
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 2:33 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Wouldn’t it be great if somebody would be gracious enough to build an
encyclopaedia that covers all of the aspects of writing drivers for any kind
of purpose.

I agree all of the books mentioned so far are good as far as they go,
however, there is no single point of reference which covers everything you
would need to know. Perhaps if Microsoft did a better job of documenting the
driver interface, writing filter drivers, the file system manager and
installable file systems, then we would all be busy earning lots of money
cranking out wonderful drivers and filters for virtually everything
imaginable instead of wasting time and money on books that provide some of
the answers, correlating info from one book to another and trawling on -
line discussion groups to gratefully glean experience from others. The DDK
and IFS kit as many of you already know leaves a lot to be desired.

One can only live and hope that someone out there has the knowledge and
capability to write such a weighty tome. It would be worth a couple of
hundred bucks to buy such a book.

Now there is an original thought :slight_smile:

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xxxxx@siemens-psc.com
Sent: 03 May 2000 19:06
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Because I like book reviews, I thought I would add my 2cents.

I’ve read the following and found that each of them have different strong
points:

Baker (the first) - still holds the record for bounding out a driver in
short order…
Nagar - file systems…
Viscarola & Mason - how the system works with respect to device drivers…
Dekker & Newcomer - kernel mode device drivers…
Oney - driver data flow and WDM…

All the above books are excellent and anyone of them will aid in the process
of developing a driver. If I had to make a choice and select just one …

Last year I had to write a filter driver. I pulled out the Baker floppy and
made great progress. Then I had to refer to Nagar to understand how to get
it working with the changes I need to add.

Write Drivers, need library.

I have not read Cant’s book yet. But I am planning on getting the next
Baker book this summer.

just to add
to the confusion,
davem.


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He has quite a few titles to his name, most in excess of $200. I don’t
think the cost is due to the tremendous amount of work put into each
(how could one guy do so much?), but rather because they are limited-
run research reports.

Amazon did not have a description for that particular book, but judging
by the other titles, I would say it is neither a how-to or reference for
programmers, but rather an analysis of the NT platform indended for IS/IT.


Dave Cox
Hewlett-Packard Co.
HPSO/SSMO (Santa Barbara)
https://ecardfile.com/id/Dave+Cox

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From: xxxxx@siemens-psc.com [mailto:xxxxx@siemens-psc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 11:43 AM
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Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Speaking of which:

Has anyone read - Peter Varhol’s book Microsoft’s Windows Nt Operating
System

It costs $265 and I wondering if it’s the missing link? At that price it
should include at least some of the operating systems code snip-its! An all
the details in plain english, Right?

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Andy Georgiou
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 1:33 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Wouldn’t it be great if somebody would be gracious enough to build an
encyclopaedia that covers all of the aspects of writing drivers for any kind
of purpose.

I agree all of the books mentioned so far are good as far as they go,
however, there is no single point of reference which covers everything you
would need to know. Perhaps if Microsoft did a better job of documenting the
driver interface, writing filter drivers, the file system manager and
installable file systems, then we would all be busy earning lots of money
cranking out wonderful drivers and filters for virtually everything
imaginable instead of wasting time and money on books that provide some of
the answers, correlating info from one book to another and trawling on -
line discussion groups to gratefully glean experience from others. The DDK
and IFS kit as many of you already know leaves a lot to be desired.

One can only live and hope that someone out there has the knowledge and
capability to write such a weighty tome. It would be worth a couple of
hundred bucks to buy such a book.

Now there is an original thought :slight_smile:

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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of
xxxxx@siemens-psc.com
Sent: 03 May 2000 19:06
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Book for WinNT Drivers

Because I like book reviews, I thought I would add my 2cents.

I’ve read the following and found that each of them have different strong
points:

Baker (the first) - still holds the record for bounding out a driver in
short order…
Nagar - file systems…
Viscarola & Mason - how the system works with respect to device drivers…
Dekker & Newcomer - kernel mode device drivers…
Oney - driver data flow and WDM…

All the above books are excellent and anyone of them will aid in the process
of developing a driver. If I had to make a choice and select just one …

Last year I had to write a filter driver. I pulled out the Baker floppy and
made great progress. Then I had to refer to Nagar to understand how to get
it working with the changes I need to add.

Write Drivers, need library.

I have not read Cant’s book yet. But I am planning on getting the next
Baker book this summer.

just to add
to the confusion,
davem.


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I had attended the seminar hold by Oney, I find it is very helpful.
Beside that the wizard provided by in Oney’s book is great.

Michael Cheng

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Because I like book reviews, I thought I would add my 2cents.

I’ve read the following and found that each of them have different strong
points:

Baker (the first) - still holds the record for bounding out a driver in
short order…
Nagar - file systems…
Viscarola & Mason - how the system works with respect to device drivers…
Dekker & Newcomer - kernel mode device drivers…
Oney - driver data flow and WDM…

All the above books are excellent and anyone of them will aid in the
process
of developing a driver. If I had to make a choice and select just one …

Last year I had to write a filter driver. I pulled out the Baker floppy
and
made great progress. Then I had to refer to Nagar to understand how to get
it working with the changes I need to add.

Write Drivers, need library.

I have not read Cant’s book yet. But I am planning on getting the next
Baker book this summer.

just to add
to the confusion,
davem.


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