Chapter 4 Transferring Data

This describes how a miniport handles sends and receives. It includes design information on the following.

• Interrupt Handlers in Section 4.1

• Deferred Procedure Handlers in Section 4.2

• Out-Of-Band data in Section 4.3

• Sending packets in Section 4.4. The miniport can choose from two different paradigms.

• Full-duplex operation in Section 4.5.

• Receiving data in Section 4.6. The miniport can choose from two different paradigms

• Keeping statistics in Section 4.7

• Reporting hardware status to higher level drivers in Section 4.8