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This section lists and describes the Static Driver Verifier rules for NDIS drivers that you can include in a verification of your driver.
In this section
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The Default rule set (Default.sdv) specifies the recommended sets of rules to use when you analyze your driver. |
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Use these rules to verify that your driver correctly uses NDIS DDIs correctly. |
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Use these rules to verify that your driver makes DDI calls at the required IRQL. A driver that does not follow the IRQL rules can cause serious problems during operation that can lead to deadlock conditions or computer crashes. |
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Use these rules to verify that your driver correctly manages shared resources. |
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Use these rules to verify that your driver correctly calls NDIS functions to allocate and free memory. |
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Use these rules to verify that your driver correctly follows a general set of requirements for the proper handling of timers, pause operations, keys, strings and bindings. |
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Use these rules to verify that your driver correctly processes OID requests. |
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Use these rules to verify that your driver can correctly processes IRPs in various contexts and follows Microsoft recommended best practices. |
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[!Note] You can test NDIS/WIFI drivers with these rules starting with Windows 8.1. |