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| author | John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-01-20 14:48:58 +0000 |
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| committer | John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-01-20 14:48:58 +0000 |
| commit | ae2619ebffd71fa98f8c428fb3ce12934b7760b9 (patch) | |
| tree | 2df1b69afd814f8da6402261ba8c63df425a1a92 | |
| parent | c5f18c914378da904155704c4cad4a14dd94cec0 (diff) | |
Notes
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/ifnet.9 | 34 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 b/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 index 56b85b80f500..a60fc98eff60 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 @@ -233,11 +233,15 @@ The name of the interface, .Dq Li fxp0 or .Dq Li lo0 ) . -(Initialized by driver.) +(Initialized by driver +(usually via +.Fn if_initname ) . ) .It Va if_dname .Pq Vt "const char *" The name of the driver. -(Initialized by driver.) +(Initialized by driver +(usually via +.Fn if_initname ) . ) .It Va if_dunit .Pq Vt int A unique number assigned to each interface managed by a particular @@ -245,7 +249,9 @@ driver. Drivers may choose to set this to .Dv IF_DUNIT_NONE if a unit number is not associated with the device. -(Initialized by driver.) +(Initialized by driver +(usually via +.Fn if_initname ) . ) .It Va if_addrhead .Pq Vt "struct ifaddrhead" The head of the @@ -285,7 +291,11 @@ decremented by generic watchdog code.) .It Va if_flags .Pq Vt int Flags describing operational parameters of this interface (see below). -(Manipulated by both driver and generic code.) +(Manipulated by generic code.) +.It Va if_drv_flags +.Pq Vt int +Flags describing operational status of this interface (see below). +(Manipulated by driver.) .It Va if_capabilities .Pq Vt int Flags describing the capabilities the interface supports (see below). @@ -358,10 +368,10 @@ order to provide for some interface classes to share a among all drivers. .Fn if_start may only be called when the -.Dv IFF_OACTIVE +.Dv IFF_DRV_OACTIVE flag is not set. (Thus, -.Dv IFF_OACTIVE +.Dv IFF_DRV_OACTIVE does not literally mean that output is active, but rather that the device's internal output queue is full.) .It Fn if_done @@ -399,7 +409,7 @@ Initialize and bring up the hardware, e.g., reset the chip and the watchdog timer and enable the receiver unit. Should mark the interface running, but not active -.Dv ( IFF_RUNNING , ~IIF_OACTIVE ) . +.Dv ( IFF_DRV_RUNNING , ~IIF_DRV_OACTIVE ) . .It Fn if_resolvemulti Check the requested multicast group membership, .Fa addr , @@ -418,6 +428,12 @@ Flags of the former kind are marked .Aq S in this table; the latter are marked .Aq D . +Flags which begin with +.Dq IFF_DRV_ +are stored in +.Va if_drv_flags ; +all other flags are stored in +.Va if_flags . .Pp The macro .Dv IFF_CANTCHANGE @@ -447,7 +463,7 @@ The interface is a loopback device. The interface is point-to-point; .Dq broadcast address is actually the address of the other end. -.It Dv IFF_RUNNING +.It Dv IFF_DRV_RUNNING .Aq D* The interface has been configured and dynamic resources were successfully allocated. @@ -466,7 +482,7 @@ This interface is in the permanently promiscuous mode (implies .It Dv IFF_ALLMULTI .Aq D* This interface is in all-multicasts mode (used by multicast routers). -.It Dv IFF_OACTIVE +.It Dv IFF_DRV_OACTIVE .Aq D* The interface's hardware output queue (if any) is full; output packets are to be queued. |
