Calling IRP_MN_START_DEVICE from user mode?

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Hi, I want to write a user mode app that would somehow call the
IRP_MN_START_DEVICE routine of my driver (Storage Port driver). Does
anyone know how I can directly do that? I know that there is an indirect
way of using devcon.exe which uses SetupDi calls to install devices, but
that would first call AddDevice and then call IRP_MN_START_DEVICE. I want
someway of bypassing the AddDevice routine and just want to test whether
starting and stopping the device would work properly or not.

Thanks,
Satyeshwar

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See Devcon Enable, Devcon Disable, and DevCon Restart.

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Mark Roddy
Hollis Technology Solutions
www.hollistech.com
xxxxx@hollistech.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Satyeshwar Singh [mailto:xxxxx@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:13 PM
To: Windows System Software Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Calling IRP_MN_START_DEVICE from user mode?

Hi, I want to write a user mode app that would somehow call the
IRP_MN_START_DEVICE routine of my driver (Storage Port driver). Does anyone
know how I can directly do that? I know that there is an indirect way of
using devcon.exe which uses SetupDi calls to install devices, but that would
first call AddDevice and then call IRP_MN_START_DEVICE. I want someway of
bypassing the AddDevice routine and just want to test whether starting and
stopping the device would work properly or not.

Thanks,
Satyeshwar

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