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| how can i designe hardware windows o/s can identify and appeare new hardware found dialog. how windows detect hardwares.what are the information transmitted to hardware.when i use parallel port in direct i/o how can i block other application accessing port.
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| MICROSOFT JUNK OS .. USES SOFTWARE DRIVERS TO DEAL WITH HARDWARE .. Even IF THE CPU HAS INSTRUCTIONS TO ACCESS IO PORTS . EXECUTION OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONS (INPORT,OUTPORT) GENERATE EXECPTIONS (KINDA INTERRUPTS ) SO the only way is HAVE A DRIVER TO DEAL WITH A PORT O MEMORY .. MICROSOFT HAS A FREE DEV KIT .. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FROM THEIR WEB SITE ... THAT THING IS BULKY INEFFIECIENT AND POORLY DESIGNED . THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES ONE IS A PRODUCT FROM A COMPANY CALLED JUNGO THEY OFFER WINDRIVER IS A LAYER ON TOP OF THE DRIVER THAT HIDES ALL THE BORING ASPECTS OF WINDOWS CRAP ..BUT IS EXPENSIVE .. UNLESS YOU CAN GET IT FOR FREE SOME PLACE I DID .. THE OTHER WAY IS TO GET A DRIVER ALREADY MADE FOR THAT IO ADRESS , THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT WORK FOR THE PARALLEL PORT AND FOR THE SERIAL PORT . ALSO THEY CAME WITH A LIBRARY THAT YOU CAN CALL see http://www.beyondlogic.org/ | |
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