Windows NT Device Driver Development - Softcover

Peter Viscarola; Tony Mason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578700582 ISBN 13: 9781578700585

Publisher: QUE, 1998

Synopsis

Windows NT Device Driver Development is the definitive and comprehensive technical reference for software engineers, systems programmers, and any engineer who needs to understand Windows NT systems internals. You will learn: vital information about the internal design and architecture of the Windows NT operating system; Critical information on the implementation of standard Windwows NT kernel mode drivers; Key information on the workings of Windows NT I/O Manager, including how I/O requests are described and passed among drivers; and detailed technical information on interrupt management and synchronization issues.

About this title

About the Author

Peter G.Viscarola is a founder of and a Consulting Partner at OSR (Open Systems Resources), the world-renowned consulting firm specializing in Windows NT systems internals. Since the release of Windows NT, he has designed or developed more than three dozen Windows NT drivers, including drivers for almost every type of programmed 1/0 and DMA device imaginable. Peter is the developer and chief instructor of OSR's Windows NT Kernel Mode Device Driver Seminar. He attended Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and Lesley College. Peter is a regular contributor to, and columnist for The NT Insider, OSR's journal of Windows NT systems internals. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a voting member of the ACM. W. Anthony Mason is an internationally recognized expert in file systems technologies. An OSR Consulting Partner, Tony Mason is an expert on NT's Memory Manager and Cache Manager subsystems. Tony also has considerable experience designing and developing Windows NT device drivers. He is the architect and implementor of OSR's File System Filter Driver and File System Driver Development Kits. He is also the developer and chief instructor of OSR's Developing File Systems for Windows NT Seminar. Tony received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Chicago, where he studied mathematics and computer science. He is also a regular contributor to The NT Insider, OSR's journal of Windows NT systems internals.

From the Back Cover

Windows NT Device Driver Development is the definitive and comprehensive technical reference for software engineers, systems programmers, and any engineer who needs to understand Windows NT systems internals. You will learn- vital information about the internal design and architecture of the Windows NT operating system; Critical information on the implementation of standard Windwows NT kernel mode drivers; Key information on the workings of Windows NT I/O Manager, including how I/O requests are described and passed among drivers; and detailed technical information on interrupt management and synchronization issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: QUE
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578700582
• ISBN 13: 9781578700585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 704