A.2.3.3 Functions Called by a Transport Driver

When communicating with a NIC driver, a transport driver must make a number of calls to the NDIS interface library. This table shows the main library functions the transport driver calls.

Table A.2.5 Transport Driver Functions

Function	Definition
NdisCloseAdapter	Forwards a network interface card close request to MacCloseAdapter.
NdisDeregisterProtocol	Deregisters the transport driver from the wrapper connection after the NIC driver has unloaded itself.
NdisOpenAdapter	Forwards a network interface card open request to MacOpenAdapter.
NdisRegisterProtocol	At initialization, provides the wrapper with information about the transport driver.
NdisRequest	Forwards a request to query or set NIC driver information to MacRequest.
NdisReset	Forwards a reset request to MacReset.
NdisSend	Forwards a packet send request to MacSend.
NdisTransferData	Forwards a transfer data request to MacTransferData.