IO_NOTIFICATION_EVENT_CATEGORY enumeration (wdm.h)

Specifies the category of PnP event for which the callback routine is being registered. Used in IoRegisterPlugPlayNotification.

Syntax

typedef enum _IO_NOTIFICATION_EVENT_CATEGORY {
  EventCategoryReserved,
  EventCategoryHardwareProfileChange,
  EventCategoryDeviceInterfaceChange,
  EventCategoryTargetDeviceChange,
  EventCategoryKernelSoftRestart
} IO_NOTIFICATION_EVENT_CATEGORY;

Constants

EventCategoryReserved Reserved for system use.
EventCategoryHardwareProfileChange PnP events in this category include query-change (GUID_HWPROFILE_QUERY_CHANGE), change-complete (GUID_HWPROFILE_CHANGE_COMPLETE), and change-cancel (GUID_HWPROFILE_CHANGE_CANCELLED) of a hardware profile.
EventCategoryDeviceInterfaceChange PnP events in this category include the arrival (enabling) of a new instance of a device interface class (GUID_DEVICE_INTERFACE_ARRIVAL), or the removal (disabling) of an existing device interface instance (GUID_DEVICE_INTERFACE_REMOVAL).
EventCategoryTargetDeviceChange PnP events in this category include events related to removing a device: the device's drivers received a query-remove IRP (GUID_TARGET_DEVICE_QUERY_REMOVE), the drivers completed a remove IRP (GUID_TARGET_DEVICE_REMOVE_COMPLETE), or the drivers received a cancel-remove IRP (GUID_TARGET_DEVICE_REMOVE_CANCELLED). This category is also used for custom notification events.
EventCategoryKernelSoftRestart Reserved for system use.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Header	wdm.h

See also

IoRegisterPlugPlayNotification