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NdisCloseAdapter function (ndis.h)

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Note   NDIS 5. x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6. x. For new NDIS driver development, see Network Drivers Starting with Windows Vista. For information about porting NDIS 5. x drivers to NDIS 6. x, see Porting NDIS 5.x Drivers to NDIS 6.0.

NdisCloseAdapter releases the binding established and the resources allocated when the protocol called NdisOpenAdapter.

Syntax

void NdisCloseAdapter(
  [out] PNDIS_STATUS Status,
  [in]  NDIS_HANDLE  NdisBindingHandle
);

Parameters

[out] Status

Pointer to a caller-supplied variable in which this function returns the status of the close operation, which can be one of the following values:

  • NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS
    The binding was closed and all resources pertaining to that binding have been released.

  • NDIS_STATUS_PENDING
    A close-adapter request is being handled asynchronously, and the caller's ProtocolCloseAdapterComplete function will be called when the close operation is done.

[in] NdisBindingHandle

Specifies the handle returned by NdisOpenAdapter that identifies the virtual adapter or NIC to be closed.

Return value

None

Remarks

Return value: None

A protocol driver typically calls NdisCloseAdapter from its ProtocolUnbindAdapter function. It can also call NdisCloseAdapter from its ProtocolBindAdapter function, for example, if it failed to set an OID value after calling NdisOpenAdapter to set up a binding.

As soon as a protocol calls NdisCloseAdapter, the handle at NdisBindingHandle should be considered invalid by the caller. It is a programming error to pass this handle in any subsequent call to an NdisXxx function.

  • Target platform: Universal
  • Version: Not supported for NDIS 6.0 drivers in Windows Vista. Use NdisCloseAdapterEx instead. Supported for NDIS 5.1 drivers in Windows Vista and Windows XP.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Header ndis.h (include Ndis.h)
Library Ndis.lib
IRQL PASSIVE_LEVEL

See also