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NF:video.VideoPortReleaseBuffer
VideoPortReleaseBuffer function (video.h)
The VideoPortReleaseBuffer function is obsolete in Windows 2000 and later. In its place, video miniport drivers should instead use VideoPortFreePool. VideoPortReleaseBuffer deallocates a block of paged pool memory.
display\videoportreleasebuffer.htm
display
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VideoPortReleaseBuffer function
VideoPortReleaseBuffer, VideoPortReleaseBuffer function [Display Devices], VideoPort_Functions_908af223-2ee5-4e86-b5ab-47f7f3cc459b.xml, display.videoportreleasebuffer, video/VideoPortReleaseBuffer
video.h
Video.h
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Available in Windows 2000 and later versions of the Windows operating systems.
Videoprt.lib
Videoprt.sys
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VideoPortReleaseBuffer
video/VideoPortReleaseBuffer
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kbSyntax
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Videoprt.sys
VideoPortReleaseBuffer

VideoPortReleaseBuffer function

-description

The VideoPortReleaseBuffer function is obsolete in Windows 2000 and later. In its place, video miniport drivers should instead use VideoPortFreePool.

VideoPortReleaseBuffer deallocates a block of paged pool memory.

-parameters

-param HwDeviceExtension [in]

Pointer to the miniport driver's device extension.

-param Buffer [in]

Specifies the address of the block of pool memory being deallocated.

-returns

None

-remarks

This function releases memory allocated by VideoPortAllocateBuffer. A miniport driver must not access the memory block to which Buffer points after it has been freed.

-see-also

VideoPortAllocateBuffer