Windows Driver Development

1. Windows driver documentation

   Entry point for kernel-mode and user-mode driver development with the WDK.

2. Driver models

   WDM, KMDF and UMDF driver models and when to choose each.

3. Kernel-Mode Driver Framework

   KMDF object model, framework objects and event callbacks.

4. Driver development tools

   Building, testing and debugging drivers.

5. Debugging tools for Windows

   WinDbg, kernel debugging and crash dump analysis.

6. Driver security checklist

   Secure driver practices including input validation and IOCTL access control.

Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.

• Linux Networking Stack
• Linux Process Scheduling
• Linux Security Modules
• macOS App Sandbox
• macOS Darwin and XNU Kernel
• macOS launchd
• macOS XPC
• POSIX Threads (pthreads)
• systemd
• Windows Services
• Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
• Windows Win32 API