Intel Extensible Firmware Interface - Manual (Page 615)

Protocols — Network Support
Version 1.10 12/01/02 15-9
EFI_SIMPLE_NETWORK.Reset()
Summary
Resets a network adapter and reinitializes it with the parameters that were provided in the previous
call to
Initialize() .
Prototype
EFI_STATUS
(EFIAPI *EFI_SIMPLE_NETWORK_RESET) (
IN EFI_SIMPLE_NETWORK *This,
IN BOOLEAN ExtendedVerification
);
Parameters
This A pointer to the EFI_SIMPLE_NETWORK instance.
ExtendedVerification Indicates that the driver may perform a more exhaustive
verification operation of the device during reset.
Description
This function resets a network adapter and reinitializes it with the parameters that were provided in
the previous call to
Initialize() . The transmit and receive queues are emptied and all
pending interrupts are cleared. Receive filters, the station address, the statistics, and the multicast-
IP-to-HW MAC addresses are not reset by this call. If the network interface was successfully reset,
then
EFI_SUCCESS will be returned. If the driver has not been initialized, EFI_DEVICE_ERROR
will be returned.
Status Codes Returned
EFI_SUCCESS The network interface was reset.
EFI_NOT_STARTED The network interface has not been started.
EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER One or more of the parameters has an unsupported value.
EFI_DEVICE_ERROR The command could not be sent to the network interface.
EFI_UNSUPPORTED This function is not supported by the network interface.