Definitions for "Minidriver"
Keywords:  dll, miniport, wdm, accomplish, driver
A hardware-specific DLL that uses a Microsoft-provided class driver to accomplish most actions through function calls and provides only device-specific controls. Under WDM, the minidriver uses the class driver's device object to make system calls.
A device type-specific DLL that accomplishes most actions by calling a Microsoft-provided class driver or port driver, and that provides only device-specific controls. Also see miniport driver.