Re: apps talking to a driver,

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From: Don Burn (burn_at_stopspam.acm.org)
Date: 05/24/04


Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 19:04:25 -0400

There is an sample driver and program to do this in the current DDK.
Basically, you pass the handle in then call ObReferenceObjectByHandle to get
a pointer to the event.

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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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> Can I create an event in apps and pass this event to drivers through
> DeviceIoControl, but wait on this event, which will be fired by drivers?
is
> this event still valid in driver? Or what mechanism is normally used in
such
> senario? where apps should wait on something from driver?
>
> thanks
>
>


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