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ProtocolUnbindAdapter

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This function is a required function to support Plug and Play.

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 Values

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

OS Versions: Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later.
Header: Ndis.h.
Link Library: Ndislib.lib.

See Also

NdisCloseAdapter | NdisIMDeInitializeDeviceInstance | MiniportHalt | NdisOpenAdapter | NdisCloseAdapter | ProtocolBindAdapter | ProtocolCloseAdapterComplete

 Last updated on Tuesday, May 18, 2004

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