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Note that Windows Vista onwards has UMDF too (user-mode driver framework). NT6.0 was a very big step.
by my123 9y ago
Note that Windows Vista onwards has UMDF too (user-mode driver framework). NT6.0 was a very big step.
- repiret 9y agoUMDF was available for XP too, and printer drivers had been user space for a long long time.
- my123 9y agoI see, was a backport there
- blattimwind 9y agoiirc you can have kernel-mode GDI printer drivers, and the printer port drivers are in the kernel as well