Timeline for Can a driver running in kernel mode access a port directly?
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| May 29, 2017 at 5:32 | vote | accept | John | ||
| May 29, 2017 at 5:32 | comment | added | John | @whatsisname "So, when we say "access the port" to mean "control the electrical signals on those traces wired to that USB controller", then yes a kernel mode driver can make that happen." Yes, this is what I mean. And I am only asking this question to see if it is technically possible to do it, I am not thinking of actually doing it :) | |
| May 29, 2017 at 5:20 | comment | added | Stack Exchange Broke The Law | And if you do manage to correctly signal the USB controller, the real USB controller driver is going to interfere with the signals by trying to send its own at the same time. | |
| May 29, 2017 at 4:53 | history | answered | whatsisname | CC BY-SA 3.0 |