I'm looking into signing a driver I made. A lot of the Microsoft documentation references "kernel mode software." What is that? It's mentioned in a lot of places, but it doesn't seem to be defined anywhere. How do I know if my driver is kernel mode software? My driver is a customized version of the Silicon Labs VCP driver. Thanks.
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4How do you write a driver without knowing about kernel mode and user mode? – David Heffernan Feb 25 '11 at 16:36
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1virtual comm port drivers are kernel mode – Ben Voigt Feb 25 '11 at 16:36
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@David: I don't think he wrote it, he said he "customized" another driver, which probably just means changing VID/PID in the .inf file. – Ben Voigt Feb 25 '11 at 16:37
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@David Hefferman: Silicon Labs provides a wizard to customize their driver with your own branding, etc. All you have to do is go through it and select the options you want; no code writing is necessary. – Jim Fell Feb 25 '11 at 16:39
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@Ben I see now. It seems that Ben has your answer. – David Heffernan Feb 25 '11 at 16:49
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Here is a good general link on this: Windows Programming/User Mode vs Kernel Mode
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