Implementing LBFO in a Miniport Driver
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 x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6.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.
In order to support LBFO, a miniport driver must be implemented to perform initialization and workload balancing operations. A miniport driver that supports LBFO must also be able to promote a secondary miniport instance in the event that the primary miniport instance fails. These operations are described in the following topics:
Initializing a Bundle of Miniport Instances
Balancing a Miniport Driver's Workload
Promoting a Secondary Adapter After the Primary Adapter Fails