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IOCTL_STORAGE_FIRMWARE_ACTIVATE IOCTL (winioctl.h)

Windows applications can use this control code to activate a firmware image on a specified device.

To perform this operation, call the DeviceIoControl function with the following parameters.

BOOL DeviceIoControl(
 (HANDLE) hDevice, // handle to device
 IOCTL_STORAGE_FIRMWARE_ACTIVATE, // dwIoControlCode
 (LPDWORD) lpInBuffer, // input buffer
 (DWORD) nInBufferSize, // size of input buffer
 (LPDWORD) lpOutBuffer, // output buffer
 (DWORD) nOutBufferSize, // size of output buffer
 (LPDWORD) lpBytesReturned, // number of bytes returned
 (LPOVERLAPPED) lpOverlapped // OVERLAPPED structure
);

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 10
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2016
Header winioctl.h (include Windows.h)

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