Freeing Resources for a Virtual Function

The overlying driver requests resource allocation for a PCI Express (PCIe) Virtual Function (VF) through object identifier (OID) method requests of OID_NIC_SWITCH_ALLOCATE_VF. After the VF resources are successfully allocated, the overlying driver frees the resources through an OID set request of OID_NIC_SWITCH_FREE_VF.

This section includes the following topics:

Issuing OID_NIC_SWITCH_FREE_VF Requests

Handling OID_NIC_SWITCH_FREE_VF Requests