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From: jeh@cmkrnl.com (Jamie Hanrahan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.nt.kernel-mode
Subject: Re: Synchronize Device Driver
Message-ID: <1998Jan25.002822.8443@cmkrnl>
Date: 25 Jan 98 00:28:22 PST
References: <6ae2ku$a8a@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> <885702416.344945@wagasa.cts.com>
Organization: Kernel Mode Systems, San Diego, CA
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In article <885702416.344945@wagasa.cts.com>, "Jamey Kirby" <jkirby@cts.com> writes:
> You should create a thread for each device and store the handle/pointer in
> the device extension. This ensures that the device will handle the calls for
> each device synchronously.

Please, no.  MUCH too much overhead.  See my other reply in this topic 
re KDEVICE_QUEUEs, KeInsertDeviceQueue, and KeRemoveDeviceQueue. 

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