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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>1998-10-27 17:44:11 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>1998-10-27 17:44:11 +0000
commit71e120790dbda5509355519dc3be7fb61e78f120 (patch)
tree2b7de2bb0ff2a0e51864590f10868e4cec7c5a7e
parentVersion changed. (diff)
downloadrtems-71e120790dbda5509355519dc3be7fb61e78f120.tar.bz2
Clarifed description of driver name.
-rw-r--r--doc/networking/driver.t5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/networking/driver.t b/doc/networking/driver.t
index d762223449..5de7b54991 100644
--- a/doc/networking/driver.t
+++ b/doc/networking/driver.t
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ structure.
@item ifp->if_name
The name of the device. The network stack uses this string
-and the device number for device name lookups.
+and the device number for device name lookups. The name should not
+contain digits as these will be assumed to be part of the unit number
+and not part of the device name.
+
@item ifp->if_unit
The device number. The network stack uses this number and the