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<concept id="GUID-CA788AFE-D425-4B72-B8A2-34D38A8C341B" xml:lang="en"><title>Device
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Driver Writing Guide Quick Start</title><shortdesc>Conceptual information that a developer should know before creating
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a device driver.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
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<p>A device driver is a program that controls a particular type of device
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that is attached to a base port. Writing a device driver requires an in-depth
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understanding of how the hardware and the software of a given platform function.
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The Device Driver writing guide tells you what you need and how to create
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a device driver.</p>
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<section id="GUID-7DDE15F6-CF58-40EB-9A97-AC70CEE9AF8A">       <ul>
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<li><p>For information about the parameters needed to create a valid Symbian
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platform device driver, see <xref href="GUID-CB3A8650-751C-4DAA-9408-7AEB3C7FD41A.dita">Minimal
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Driver Requirements</xref>.</p></li>
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</ul><ul>
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<li><p>For information about high-level implementation designs for your device
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driver, see <xref href="GUID-0346036B-A470-4C18-B276-3A3485F6A069.dita">Design
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Options</xref>.</p> </li>
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</ul><ul>
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<li><p>For information about how device drivers are implemented as logical
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device drivers (LDDs) and physical device drivers (PDDs), see <xref href="GUID-EBF4F1F1-F76B-455B-B8EE-B7965CF0717E.dita">The
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LDD/PDD Model</xref>.</p> </li>
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</ul><ul>
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<li><p>For information about organizing memory, managing data transfer across
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memory boundaries and the data transfer between LDD and PDD, see <xref href="GUID-E90DBF35-0A05-4751-904D-4F06987FFF48.dita">Memory
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Management</xref>.</p> </li>
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</ul><ul>
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<li><p>For information about the user-side requests to a driver and the synchronization
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methods used by the driver, see <xref href="GUID-CFE0A4EB-845C-43B6-A732-AA155AFD99D6.dita">User
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Requests and Synchronization</xref>.</p> </li>
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</ul><ul>
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<li><p>For information about how device drivers use interrupts, see <xref href="GUID-660A8E4C-F930-415C-8CCC-CB1DCCAA2442.dita">Interrupts</xref> .</p> </li>
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</ul>           </section>
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</conbody></concept>
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