VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER callback function (storport.h)

The Storport virtual miniport uses configuration information supplied to the VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER routine to further initialize itself.

Syntax

VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER VirtualHwFindAdapter;

ULONG VirtualHwFindAdapter(
  PVOID DeviceExtension,
  PVOID HwContext,
  PVOID BusInformation,
  PVOID LowerDevice,
  PCHAR ArgumentString,
  PPORT_CONFIGURATION_INFORMATION ConfigInfo,
  PBOOLEAN Again
)
{...}

Parameters

DeviceExtension

A pointer to the miniport driver's per-adapter non-paged storage area. The operating system-specific port driver allocates memory for and initializes this extension with zeros before it calls the miniport's VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER routine.

HwContext

A pointer to the PDO in the device stack. The HBA itself is the FDO. The PDO might belong to the Pci.sys driver if the miniport driver controls physical hardware. But in the case of a virtual miniport driver, the PDO belongs to the PnP manager.

BusInformation

A pointer to the miniport's functional device object (FDO).

LowerDevice

A pointer to the device object controlled by the miniport's FDO.

ArgumentString

A pointer to a null-terminated ASCII string. This string, if supplied, contains device information from the registry such as a base parameter.

ConfigInfo

A pointer to a PORT_CONFIGURATION_INFORMATION structure. The port driver initializes this structure with any known configuration information, such as values that the miniport driver's DriverEntry set in the VIRTUAL_HW_INITIALIZATION_DATA. VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER must use any supplied information to determine if the virtual HBA it describes is one that the miniport driver supports. If so, VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER initializes and configures that HBA and fills in any missing configuration information. If possible, a miniport driver should have default configuration values for each type of HBA that it supports, in the event that the operating system-dependent port driver cannot supply additional configuration information that was not provided by the miniport driver's DriverEntry routine.

Again

Not used.

Return value

VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER must return one of the following status values:

Remarks

The VirtualDevice field in the configuration information structure must be set to TRUE. Other fields can be set as needed.

The port driver calls the Storport virtual miniport's VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER at PASSIVE_LEVEL.

The name VirtualHwStorFindAdapter is placeholder text for the actual routine name. The actual prototype of this routine is defined in Srb.h as follows:

typedef
ULONG
VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER (
  _In_ PVOID  DeviceExtension,
  _In_ PVOID  HwContext,
  _In_ PVOID  BusInformation,
  _In_ PVOID  LowerDevice,
  _In_ PCHAR  ArgumentString,
  _Inout_ PPORT_CONFIGURATION_INFORMATION  ConfigInfo,
  _Out_ PBOOLEAN Again
  );

Examples

To define a VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER callback function, you must first provide a function declaration that identifies the type of callback function you’re defining. Windows provides a set of callback function types for drivers. Declaring a function using the callback function types helps Code Analysis for Drivers, Static Driver Verifier (SDV), and other verification tools find errors, and it’s a requirement for writing drivers for the Windows operating system.

For example, to define a VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER callback routine that is named MyVirtualHwFindAdapter, use the VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER type as shown in this code example:

VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER MyVirtualHwFindAdapter;

Then, implement your callback routine as follows:

_Use_decl_annotations_
ULONG
MyVirtualHwFindAdapter (
  _In_ PVOID  DeviceExtension,
  _In_ PVOID  HwContext,
  _In_ PVOID  BusInformation,
  _In_ PVOID  LowerDevice,
  _In_ PCHAR  ArgumentString,
  _Inout_ PPORT_CONFIGURATION_INFORMATION  ConfigInfo,
  _Out_ PBOOLEAN Again
  );
  {
      ...
  }

The VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER function type is defined in the Storport.h header file. To more accurately identify errors when you run the code analysis tools, be sure to add the Use_decl_annotations annotation to your function definition. The Use_decl_annotations annotation ensures that the annotations that are applied to the VIRTUAL_HW_FIND_ADAPTER function type in the header file are used. For more information about the requirements for function declarations, see Declaring Functions Using Function Role Types for Storport Drivers. For information about Use_decl_annotations, see Annotating Function Behavior.

Requirements

See also

HwStorFindAdapter

PORT_CONFIGURATION_INFORMATION

ScsiPortLogError

VIRTUAL_HW_INITIALIZATION_DATA