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75 lines
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This directory contains a sample PnP upper filter driver whose only
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purpose is to provide WMI data blocks. Typically driver writers will copy the
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sample code into their own driver and make any minor modifications so that the
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WMI data blocks are always available when the driver is loaded. Alternatively
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WmiSamp can be left as a filter driver if WMI data blocks should only be made
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available when the filter driver is loaded. Drivers that link to classpnp.sys
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should use a similar library that is part of classpnp.
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WMI enabling a driver with the sample code consists of doing 5 things:
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1. Determining what data needs to be provided and organize it into data blocks
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that contain related data items. For example packets sent and bytes sent
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could be part of a single data block while transmit errors could be part
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of a data block that contains other error counts. Determine if the device
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needs notifications of when to enable and disable collections in the case
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of data blocks that impose a performance hit to collect.
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2. Write a Managed Object Format (.mof) file that describes the data blocks.
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In doing this the driver writer will need to run the guidgen tool to
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create globally unique guids that are assigned to the data blocks. Guidgen
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*MUST* be run so that no two data blocks will have the same guid. Reference
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the .bmf file (.bmf files are created when mof files are compiled by the
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mofcomp tool) in the driver's .rc file so that the .bmf file data is
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included as a resource of the driver's .sys file. WmiLib hardcodes the
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resource name as MofResourceName.
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3. Build the GUIDREGINFO structure with the guids for the data blocks defined
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in the .mof file. If the device wants to be notified of when to start and
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stop collection of a data block the WMIREG_FLAG_EXPENSIVE flag should be
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set for the data block in the GUIDREGINFO structure.
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4. Implement the 6 WMI function callback routines and reference them in a
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WMI_INFO structure.
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The sample code supports does not support more than one instance of a
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data block for each device, that is a single device object can only supply
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one instance of a data block. Drivers that create multiple device objects
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will supply multiple instances for a data block (ie, 1 data block per device
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object).
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The sample code does not support dynamic instance names. Instance names
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are statically defined when device registers with WMI. The PQUERY_WMI_REGINFO
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callback allows the device to specify a unique instance name for the device or
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the PDO for the device. If the PDO is specified then WMI will translate it to
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the device instance name and use that as the unique instance name.
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All data blocks registered for a device will use the same instance name.
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That is different data blocks for a device object cannot specify different
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instance names.
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The sample code can be extended to overcome these limitations if the need
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arises, however this sample code should be sufficient for most applications.
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All WMI callback functions that pass the irp as a parameter are
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responsible to call WmiLibCompleteRequest when the request has been satisfied
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so that the IRP can be completed. If the WMI callback function cannot
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complete the request immediately it can mark the irp pending and return
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STATUS_PENDING, but it must call WmiLibComnpleteRequest when the request
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actually finishes.
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The sample code uses a simple linear search to determine the guid index
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for any guid passed. If a driver provides a long list of guids then
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WmiLibFindGuid may need to be updated to use a better searching mechanism.
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WmiLib counts on a number of fields being present in the device extension
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in order for it to process the WMI requests. See Wmilib.h for their
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description.
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Finally the sample code uses a static global variable to store the
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values for the data block. This is not quite correct since each device object
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will typically have its own set of data that composes its instance of a
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data block. Really the global variable should be part of the device extension,
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however I did not want to confuse the device extension with extra stuff.
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