Driver对 （一对两对的对）：specific/mini VS general

老是听说miniport，port，在这里算是搞清楚了。mini就是specific（特殊）的意思。在微软的驱动层次里面，最底层的一般都是比较特殊的，但是为了满足系统的可拓展、可维护、通用等要求，微软做了很多类似HAL的东东。存储类型有很多，比如ATA，SCSI，PCIe/NVMe等等。为了尽量的抽象，微软搞出了像storage port, 这样的东西。我在这里面定义好一系列的接口，你下层的mini/specific驱动开发照着这些接口来写就行了,别整幺蛾子。我说“天王盖地虎”，你说什么？宝塔镇蛇妖？错，你也要说“天王盖地虎”。系统使用的时候咱俩是一对，我是老大，先找我，我能干了，钱我赚。我干不了再转给你小弟（mini/specific）干。我吃肉你喝汤吧。

上级领导 --> [  某某 port driver ] --> [ 某某 mini driver ] --> 硬件

Available driver pairs

The different technology-specific driver models use a variety of names for the specific and general pieces of a driver pair. In many cases, the specific portion of the pair has the prefix "mini." Here are some of (specific, general) pairs that are available:

• (display miniport driver, display port driver)
• (audio miniport driver, audio port driver)
• (storage miniport driver, storage port driver)
• (battery miniclass driver, battery class driver)
• (HID minidriver, HID class driver)
• (changer miniclass driver, changer port driver)
• (NDIS miniport driver, NDIS library)

Note As you can see in the list, several of the models use the term class driver for the general portion of a driver pair. This kind of class driver is different from a standalone class driver and different from a class filter driver.

正所谓：

我说上树你爬墙，爬来爬去被骂娘

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