Toby Opferman(Debug+Device Driver)

Debug tips

Debug Tutorial Part 1: Beginning Debugging Using CDB and NTSD

Last Updated: 20 Mar 2004  Page views: 86,425  Rating: 4.9/5  Votes: 43  Popularity: 8.0

Learn how to debug problems in software.

Debug Tutorial Part 2: The Stack

Last Updated: 29 Mar 2004  Page views: 48,913  Rating: 4.8/5  Votes: 63  Popularity: 8.6

Introduction to the most important ally in the fight against bugs, the stack.

Debug Tutorial Part 3: The Heap

Last Updated: 21 Mar 2004  Page views: 86,412  Rating: 4.9/5  Votes: 63  Popularity: 8.9

Introduction to the heap.

Debug Tutorial Part 4: Writing WINDBG Extensions

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2004  Page views: 61,619  Rating: 4.7/5  Votes: 23  Popularity: 6.3

This tutorial we will attempt to write a simple debug extension.

Debug Tutorial Part 5: Handle Leaks

Last Updated: 9 May 2004  Page views: 42,911  Rating: 4.7/5  Votes: 23  Popularity: 6.5

Learn how to debug handle leaks in Windows.

Debug Tutorial Part 6: Navigating The Kernel Debugger

Last Updated: 7 Aug 2004  Page views: 28,407  Rating: 4.5/5  Votes: 18  Popularity: 5.7

Learn the basics of the kernel debugger.

Debug Tutorial Part 7: Locks and Synchronization Objects

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2004  Page views: 27,514  Rating: 4.3/5  Votes: 13  Popularity: 4.8

Learn the basics of debugging deadlocks and other issues.

Device Drivers

Driver Development Part 1: Introduction to Drivers

Last Updated: 6 Feb 2005  Page views: 181,371  Rating: 4.9/5  Votes: 225  Popularity: 11.6

This article will go into the basics of creating a simple driver.

Driver Development Part 2: Introduction to Implementing IOCTLs

Last Updated: 5 Mar 2005  Page views: 110,030  Rating: 4.9/5  Votes: 75  Popularity: 9.2

This article will go deeper into the basics of creating a simple driver.

Driver Development Part 3: Introduction to driver contexts

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2005  Page views: 38,922  Rating: 4.9/5  Votes: 41  Popularity: 7.8

This article will go deeper into the basics of creating a simple driver.

Driver Development Part 4: Introduction to device stacks

Last Updated: 28 Mar 2005  Page views: 33,693  Rating: 4.8/5  Votes: 26  Popularity: 6.8

This article will introduce how devices can interact with each other.

Driver Development Part 5: Introduction to the Transport Device Interface

Last Updated: 27 Apr 2005  Page views: 45,463  Rating: 4.9/5  Votes: 46  Popularity: 8.1

Introduction to TDI Client drivers and more IRP handling.

Driver Development Part 6: Introduction to Display Drivers

Last Updated: 30 Jan 2006  Page views: 29,237  Rating: 4.9/5  Votes: 40  Popularity: 7.9

Introduction to the Windows display driver model.