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OID_IRDA_REACQUIRE_HW_RESOURCES

The OID_IRDA_REACQUIRE_HW_RESOURCES OID is optional for IrDA miniport drivers and is supported only by Windows 95/98/Me IrDA miniport drivers.

This OID requests that the miniport driver begin operating with hardware resources that the miniport driver specifies. After the miniport driver receives this request, it should not make any assumptions about the operating state of its NIC.

The miniport driver should not fail its MiniportInitializeroutine solely because it cannot read its configuration. The miniport driver should instead return success and should wait for this request. During initialization, the miniport driver must perform all required initialization other than acquiring its hardware resources.

If the miniport driver is already operating, that is, it already has acquired resources, it should continue using those resources and return NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE for this request.

 

 

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