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Device Drivers

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Device Drivers
A device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a
particular type of device that is attached to a computer

Provide interface to Hardware devices


Drivers are hardware
dependent

– Operating system specific

Calling program invokes a


routine in the driver

– Driver issues commands to


the device

Device sends data back to the


driver

– driver may invoke routines in


the calling program
Built into the product (Firmware)

How
Include to get system
with operating Drivers
(plug and play)

Comes with driver CD provided by vendor

Download from internet or vendor web site

• Important

– After installing some device drivers computer may

need to restart

• To read the device drivers in to primary memory


Device Manager
Change hardware configuration settings.

Obtain information about each device driver.

Install & updated device drivers.

Disable, enable, and uninstall devices.

Reinstall the previous version of a driver.

Identify device conflicts and manually configure resource settings.

• Print a summary of the devices that are installed on your computer.


How to get Device Windows XP

Manager – Control panel -> System->


hardware tab - Device

Manager

• Windows Vista

– Control Panel -> Device Manager

• Windows 7

– Control Panel -> Device Manager


Plug and Also known as hot plugging/ hot swapping

Play • Technology to automatically detect the attached


HW in a computer system with

minimum user intervention

– Automatically detection is a capability of a


computer bus

– It facilitates the discovery of a hardware in a

System

Plug and Play devices:

• PS2 mouse or key board

• All USB devices

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