ProtocolUnbindAdapter (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
This function is a required function to support Plug and Play.
Syntax
VOID ProtocolUnbindAdapter(
PNDIS_STATUS Status,
NDIS_HANDLE ProtocolBindingContext,
NDIS_HANDLE UnbindContext
);
Parameters
Status
[out] Specifies the status of the unbinding operation as the value returned by NdisCloseAdapter, which can be either of the following.Value
Description
NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS
The binding was closed and all resources pertaining to that binding have been released.
NDIS_STATUS_PENDING
The request is being handled asynchronously, and the ProtocolCloseAdapterComplete function will complete the operation.
- ProtocolBindingContext
[in] Specifies the handle to a protocol-allocated context area in which the protocol driver maintains per-binding runtime state. The driver supplied this handle when it called NdisOpenAdapter.
- UnbindContext
[in] Specifies a handle, supplied by NDIS, that the protocol passes subsequently to NdisCompleteUnbindAdapter.
Return Value
None.
Remarks
As the reciprocal of ProtocolBindAdapter, ProtocolUnbindAdapter releases all resources the driver allocated for per-binding network I/O operations with one possible exception: the driver-allocated context area designated by the ProtocolBindingContext handle.
ProtocolUnbindAdapter must call NdisCloseAdapter, which can, in turn, call the driver's ProtocolCloseAdapterComplete function with the ProtocolBindingContext handle, so ProtocolUnbindAdapter cannot free the memory at ProtocolBindingContext unless NdisCloseAdapter returns NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS.
Consequently, ProtocolUnbindAdapter should store the input UnbindContext handle in the area at ProtocolBindingContext before it calls NdisCloseAdapter. If this call is completed asynchronously, the ProtocolCloseAdapterComplete function will free all driver-allocated per-binding resources and call NdisCompleteUnbindAdapter with the UnbindContext handle.
If NdisCloseAdapter returns NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS, ProtocolUnbindAdapter frees all per-binding resources, including the driver-allocated memory at ProtocolBindingContext, and calls NdisCompleteUnbindAdapter itself.
The ProtocolUnbindAdapter function of an NDIS intermediate driver makes a reciprocal call to NdisIMDeInitializeDeviceInstance. Such a driver's MiniportHalt function must release all driver-allocated resources associated with the intermediate driver's network adapter before its virtual network adapter is removed from the system.
As soon as ProtocolUnbindAdapter calls NdisCloseAdapter, the NdisBindingHandle originally returned by NdisOpenAdapter should be considered invalid. ProtocolUnbindAdapter cannot make any subsequent calls to NdisXXX functions with this handle, and the protocol cannot receive any indications from the underlying driver. However, if the underlying network adapter is being removed to be reconfigured, NDIS will call the driver's ProtocolBindAdapter function to re-establish the binding when the network adapter is available again.
Requirements
Header |
ndis.h |
Library |
Ndislib.lib |
See Also
Reference
NDIS 5.x Legacy Functions
NdisCloseAdapter
NdisIMDeInitializeDeviceInstance
MiniportHalt
NdisOpenAdapter
NdisCloseAdapter
ProtocolBindAdapter
ProtocolCloseAdapterComplete