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NdisCloseAdapter (Compact 2013)

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3/26/2014

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

Syntax

VOID NdisCloseAdapter(
  PNDIS_STATUS Status,
  NDIS_HANDLE NdisBindingHandle
);

Parameters

  • Status
    [out] Pointer to a caller-supplied variable in which this function returns the status of the close operation.
  • NdisBindingHandle
    [in] Handle returned by NdisOpenAdapter that identifies the virtual adapter or NIC to be closed.

Return Value

The following table shows the values returned from NdisCloseAdapter.

Value

Description

NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS

The binding is 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.

Remarks

Unlike Microsoft® Windows NT®, Windows Embedded Compact does not unload the miniport driver when there are no more protocol drivers (also known as protocol stacks) bound to it.

As soon as a protocol calls this function, the caller should consider the handle at NdisBindingHandle invalid.

Requirements

Header

ndis.h

Library

ndis.lib

See Also

Reference

NDIS 5.x Legacy Functions
NdisDeregisterProtocol
NdisOpenAdapter
ProtocolCloseAdapterComplete
ProtocolStatus