deviceid

Documentation

Overview

Package deviceid defines various kinds of device identification strings used by the windows device and driver system.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/device-identification-strings

Index

• Constants
• type Compatible
  • func (id Compatible) Validate() error
• type Device
  • func (id Device) Validate() error
• type DeviceInstance
  • func (id DeviceInstance) Validate() error
• type Hardware
  • func (id Hardware) Validate() error
• type Instance
  • func (id Instance) Validate() error

Constants

const (
	// MaxLength is the maximum length of device, instance, device instance,
	// hardware and compatibility identifiers, excluding a null terminator.
	MaxLength = 200 // MAX_DEVICE_ID_LEN
)

Types

type Compatible

type Compatible string

Compatible is a device compatibility identifier. It has the same format and role as a hardware identifier, but is only used if a hardware ID match fails. A device can have more than one compatible ID.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/compatible-ids

func (Compatible) Validate

func (id Compatible) Validate() error

Validate returns an error if the compatible ID is not valid.

type Device

type Device string

Device is a device identifier. It is assigned by a device enumerator to a device.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/device-ids

func (Device) Validate

func (id Device) Validate() error

Validate returns an error if the device ID is not valid.

type DeviceInstance

type DeviceInstance string

DeviceInstance is a device instance identifier. It is assigned by the operating system to device nodes and is unique to the node. It is formed by combining a device identifier with an instance identifier.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/device-instance-ids

func (DeviceInstance) Validate

func (id DeviceInstance) Validate() error

Validate returns an error if the device instance ID is not valid.

type Hardware

type Hardware string

Hardware is a hardware identifier. It is used to match devices to setup information files. A device can have more than one hardware ID.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/hardware-ids

func (Hardware) Validate

func (id Hardware) Validate() error

Validate returns an error if the hardware ID is not valid.

type Instance

type Instance string

Instance is an instance identifier. It is used distinguish multiple instances a device.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/instance-ids

func (Instance) Validate

func (id Instance) Validate() error

Validate returns an error if the instance ID is not valid.