This book explains how to write, install, and debug DeviCE drivers for Windows 2000. It is intended to be a companion to the Microsoft DDK documentation and software.
Windows 2000 represents a major improvement to previous versions of Windows NT. DeviCE drivers for Windows 2000 may be designed for the new Windows Driver Model (WDM) architecture. If so, the driver will be source compatible with Windows 98. This book covers the new WDM specification.
This book will also prove useful to those studying the internals of Windows 2000, particularly the I/O subsystem and related components.
DirectFB is a thin library that provides hardware graphics acceleration, input DeviCE handling and abstraction, integrated windowing system with support for translucent windows and multiple display layers on top of the Linux Framebuffer DeviCE.
