I/O Manager Routines

WHQL restricts all NDIS drivers from calling the following I/O manager routines:

Restricted routine	Error message
IoAllocateDriverObjectExtension	Do not use this call.
IoAttachDevice	Do not use this call.
IoAttachDeviceToDeviceStack	Do not use this call.
IoConnectInterrupt	Use NdisMRegisterInterruptinstead.
IoCreateDevice	Miniport and intermediate drivers should use NdisMRegisterDeviceinstead.
IoCreateSymbolicLink	Do not use this call.
IoCreateUnprotectedSymbolicLink	Do not use this call.
IoDeleteDevice	Do not use this call.
IoDeleteSymbolicLink	Do not use this call.
IoDetachDevice	Do not use this call.
IoDisconnectInterrupt	Use NdisMDeregisterInterrupt, NdisRemoveInterruptinstead.
IoGetAttachedDeviceReference	Do not use this call.
IoGetDmaAdapter	Do not use this call.
IoGetDriverObjectExtension	Do not use this call.
IoInvalidateDeviceRelations	Do not use this call.
IoInvalidateDeviceState	Do not use this call.
IoRegisterDeviceInterface	Do not use this call.
IoRegisterShutdownNotification	Use NdisMRegisterAdapterShutdownHandlerinstead.
IoReportTargetDeviceChange	Do not use this call.
IoSetDeviceInterfaceState	Do not use this call.
IoUnregisterShutdownNotification	Use NdisMDeregisterAdapterShutdownHandlerinstead.
IoWMIAllocateInstanceIds	Do not use this call.
IoWMIDeviceObjectToProviderId	Do not use this call.
IoWMISuggestInstanceName	Do not use this call.
IoWMIWriteEvent	Use NdisMIndicateStatusinstead.

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