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Physical Device Driver Reference

Introduction Physical Device Driver Overview Physical Device Driver Architecture and Structure OS/2 Physical Device Driver Operations OS/2 Physical Device Driver Design Issues Character Device Monitors Installation of External Loadable Device Drivers Physical Device Driver Strategy Commands Device Helper (DevHlp) Services Resource Management Linking Resource Manager Services Generic IOCtl Commands Appendixes OS/2 Version Compatibility Considerations Running OS/2 Version 1.3 16-Bit PDDs on OS/2 Using Advanced Bios Notices Glossary

IBM Developer Connection Device Driver Kit for OS/2, Version 4.02 Edition (December 1996)

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