<s>
The	O
Kernel-Mode	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
(	O
KMDF	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
driver	O
framework	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
aid	O
driver	O
developers	O
create	O
and	O
maintain	O
kernel	O
mode	O
device	O
drivers	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
later	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
frameworks	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
Frameworks	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
KMDF	B-Application
supports	O
drivers	O
that	O
were	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
Model	I-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
runs	O
on	O
WDM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WDM	O
is	O
the	O
driver	O
model	O
used	O
since	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Windows	O
98	O
,	O
whereas	O
KMDF	B-Application
is	O
the	O
driver	O
framework	O
Microsoft	O
advocates	O
and	O
uses	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
beyond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
since	O
more	O
features	O
like	O
power	O
management	O
and	O
plug	B-Device
and	I-Device
play	I-Device
are	O
handled	O
by	O
the	O
KMDF	B-Application
framework	O
,	O
a	O
KMDF	B-Application
driver	O
is	O
less	O
complicated	O
and	O
has	O
less	O
code	O
than	O
an	O
equivalent	O
WDM	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMDF	B-Application
is	O
object-based	O
and	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
WDM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMDF	B-Application
implementation	O
consists	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
