Guidelines for Bus and Device Specifications

Updated: March 14, 2005
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Guidelines for Bus and Device Specifications

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Updated: Mar 29, 2000
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This download white paper is for system and component manufacturers designing new hardware and for industry groups who want to propose specifications for new technologies that will be used with the Windows family of operating systems. This paper describes important issues for designing hardware that will interoperate with Windows operating systems.

Included in this white paper:

Plug and Play Guidelines

Power Management Guidelines

Device Class Guidelines

Interrupts, Events, and Registers

Registers and Related Guidelines

Security and Manageability Guidelines

Checklist for a Specification that Works Well with Windows


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