About Plug and Play and Power Management
Not all requests are related to I/O. Plug and Play and power management requests notify the driver about a variety of events related to resource assignment, device discovery, device installation and loading, driver loading, and system power state changes. The following are examples of typical events:
The computer resumes from hibernation.
The user plugs in a new device while the system is running.
The user removes an existing device while the system is running.
The computer powers down and enters a sleep state such as hibernation.
As a practical matter, Plug and Play and power events are closely related and must be managed jointly. Plug and Play and power management requests are not I/O in the strict sense of ...
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