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authorEgor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com>2017-04-27 17:44:54 +0300
committerEgor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com>2017-04-27 17:44:54 +0300
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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ To verify it's there, you can use the `certmgr.msc` utility.
The binaries are signed automatically after they are built, but you can also
sign manually by passing the path to a .sys file to `sign.bat`:
- sign.bat C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\bin\x64\Release\test.sys
+ sign.bat C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\bin\x64\Release\simple.sys
### Building the drivers
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ To build every driver under the "src/" directory, execute `build_drivers.bat`:
To build a particular driver, pass the path to the driver's source directory to
`build_driver.bat`:
- build_driver.bat C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\src\test
+ build_driver.bat C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\src\simple
Driver binaries are copied to the "bin/" directory under the project's root.
@@ -72,25 +72,26 @@ To clean up after building every driver in the "src/" directory, execute
To clean up after building a particular driver, pass the path to the driver's
source directory to `clean_driver.bat`:
- clean_driver.bat C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\src\test
+ clean_driver.bat C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\src\simple
Installation
------------
To install a driver as a Windows service, you can use the `sc` utility.
-For example, to install `test.sys` as a service with the name `test`, execute:
+For example, to install `simple.sys` as a service with the name `simple`,
+execute:
- sc create test type= kernel binPath= C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\bin\x64\Release\test.sys
+ sc create simple type= kernel binPath= C:\workspace\personal\windows7-drivers\bin\x64\Release\simple.sys
You can then load/unload the driver by starting/stopping the corresponding
service using the `net` utility.
- net start test
- net stop test
+ net start simple
+ net stop simple
To uninstall a driver, delete the corresponding service using `sc`.
- sc delete test
+ sc delete simple
Please note, that **64-bit versions of Windows 7 disallow loading 32-bit
drivers**!