NdisMCmCreateVc function (ndis.h)

NdisMCmCreateVc sets up a connection endpoint on which an MCM driver can dispatch an incoming-call offer to a client.

Syntax

NDIS_STATUS NdisMCmCreateVc(
  [in]  NDIS_HANDLE  MiniportAdapterHandle,
  [in]  NDIS_HANDLE  NdisAfHandle,
  [in]  NDIS_HANDLE  MiniportVcContext,
  [out] PNDIS_HANDLE NdisVcHandle
);

Parameters

[in] MiniportAdapterHandle

Specifies the NDIS-supplied handle originally input to MiniportInitializeEx.

[in] NdisAfHandle

Specifies the handle that identifies the client that is the target of an incoming call. The MCM driver obtained this handle as an input parameter to its ProtocolCmOpenAf function.

[in] MiniportVcContext

Specifies the handle to a caller-supplied resident context area in which the MCM driver maintains state for this VC. NDIS passes this handle back to the MCM driver in all subsequent calls concerning this VC if the call to NdisMCmCreateVc succeeds.

[out] NdisVcHandle

Pointer to a caller-supplied variable that must be initialized to NULL before NdisMCmCreateVc is called. On return from a successful call, this variable has been set to an NDIS-supplied handle for the newly created VC. The caller must save this handle for subsequent calls to connection-oriented NdisXxx functions concerning this VC.

Return value

NdisMCmCreateVc can return one of the following:

Remarks

An MCM driver creates a VC with NdisMCmCreateVc to represent an incoming offer of a connection from a remote node directed to a SAP that has already been registered with the MCM driver.

In the process of VC creation, NDIS supplies an NdisVcHandle to the client and the MCM driver. This handle identifies the virtual connection for the client and miniport driver to which subsequent requests concerning the given VC are directed. Each driver must treat this VC handle as an opaque variable, passing it unmodified and uninterpreted in subsequent calls to certain connection-oriented NDIS library functions.

Usually, callers of NdisMCmCreateVc store the returned NdisVcHandle in the caller-allocated state area at MiniportVcContext . NDIS passes an NdisVcHandle as an input parameter to the ProtocolCoCreateVc function of the appropriate client whenever an MCM driver creates a VC.

When an MCM driver processes the offer of an incoming call directed to one of its registered SAPs, it must call NdisMCmCreateVc first. As a synchronous operation, NDIS calls the client's ProtocolCoCreateVc function before NdisMCmCreateVc returns control. If its call to NdisMCmCreateVc succeeds, the MCM driver can proceed in notifying the appropriate client, passing the returned value at NdisVcHandle to NdisMCmDispatchIncomingCall.

The driver writer determines whether an MCM driver has an (internal) MiniportCoCreateVc function that the driver calls in the context of setting up connections for outgoing and incoming calls.

Only connection-oriented miniport drivers that provide integrated call-management support can call NdisMCmCreateVc. Stand-alone call managers and clients, which register themselves with NDIS as protocol drivers, call NdisCoCreateVc instead.

Requirements

See also

MiniportCoCreateVc

NdisClMakeCall

NdisCoCreateVc

NdisMCmDeleteVc

NdisMCmDispatchIncomingCall

ProtocolCmRegisterSap

ProtocolCoCreateVc