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