NDIS Miniport Driver Functions (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This section describes NDIS miniport driver functions.

In This Section

• DriverEntry of NDIS Miniport Drivers
  This function is required and is the first function that the system calls in any NDIS miniport driver.

• MiniportCheckForHangEx
  Checks the operational state of a network adapter.

• MiniportDevicePnPEventNotify
  Notifies the driver about Plug and Play (PnP) events.

• MiniportDriverUnload
  Requests the driver to release resources before the system completes a driver unload operation.

• MiniportHaltEx
  Deallocates resources when a miniport adapter is removed, and stops the hardware.

• MiniportInitializeEx
  Initializes a miniport adapter for network I/O operations.

• MiniportOidRequest
  Handles an OID request to query or set information in the driver.

• MiniportPause
  Stops the flow of network data through a specified miniport adapter.

• MiniportResetEx
  Initiates a reset of a network adapter.

• MiniportRestart
  Initiates a restart request for a miniport adapter that is paused.

• MiniportSetOptions
  Enables the miniport driver to register optional services.

• MiniportShutdownEx
  NDIS calls a miniport driver's MiniportShutdownEx function when the system is shut down.

See Also

Reference

NDIS Miniport Driver Reference