DriverStartType (Standard 8 Module Reference)

7/8/2014

Review the applicable Embedded Core modules and any examples for the DriverStartType setting in Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8).

This setting specifies whether the Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) service is started at startup or on demand.

Set to 0 to specify that the service starts immediately when the device is started; set to 3 to specify that the service can start on demand.

You can start the service on demand only if there are no boot-start KMDF drivers on the system; otherwise, the system can be rendered unbootable.

Modules

The following table shows the modules that you can apply this setting to. In Image Configuration Editor (ICE), you can follow the corresponding path to set this setting for a module.

Module	Path
WDF-Kernel Library	Products/Embedded Core/WDF-Kernel Library/DriverStartType

XML Example

The following XML example shows how to set the service to start on demand.

<DriverStartType>3</DriverStartType>

See Also

Concepts

Embedded Core Settings