Chapter 13. Windows Management and Instrumentation
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
Device drivers can be written to report their performance and reliability statistics. For example, it is useful for a network driver to track the number of corrupted packets received. Devices that start to perform erratically should be identified before they fail completely.
Overall device and driver performance rates are vital pieces of information to analyze and improve system performance. Tracking and reporting such instrumentation data begins at the driver level.
Another separate but common requirement is that devices and drivers need a mechanism for dynamic configuration. ...
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