From: Pavel A. on
This problem most likely has a reasonable solution, but unfortunately you're
looking in a wrong place.
The serial port driver won't change, WDF design won't change.
Playing word games - FO or not FO - won't help.
The reasonabe solution is balanced somewhere in the middle, between user's
ideal and what you are ready to provide.
--pa


"Asaf Shelly" <MSMediaForum(a)Shelly.co.il> wrote in message
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> Serial solved this by allow only one device access at a time, even though
> (if
> I remember correctly) it will allow a write operation while read is still
> blocking.
>
> Asaf
>
>
> "Maxim S. Shatskih" wrote:
>
>> > The problem I am seeing today is more of a design concept problem. I
>> > don't
>> > see a reason why a single application could make my driver not respond
>> > to any
>> > other application.
>>
>> So what? just kill the app and go on.
>>
>> OS-provided serial.sys has no such protection.
>>
>> --
>> Maxim S. Shatskih
>> Windows DDK MVP
>> maxim(a)storagecraft.com
>> http://www.storagecraft.com
>>
>> .
>>