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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2000-01-21 15:15:53 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2000-01-21 15:15:53 +0000
commitd7f33012cffab4376ca13a41a5042a5b224d5f8c (patch)
tree42df820528731ee1bbbc1cb472d299a7e8baad62 /doc/networking
parentPatch from Eric Norum <eric@cls.usask.ca> at the request of Jake (diff)
downloadrtems-d7f33012cffab4376ca13a41a5042a5b224d5f8c.tar.bz2
Documentation to reflect patch from Eric Norum <eric@cls.usask.ca> to
the network initialization enhancement request by Jake Janovetz <janovetz@tempest.ece.uiuc.edu>.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/networking')
-rw-r--r--doc/networking/networkapp.t13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/networking/networkapp.t b/doc/networking/networkapp.t
index 256fcd6d81..42b5395433 100644
--- a/doc/networking/networkapp.t
+++ b/doc/networking/networkapp.t
@@ -264,13 +264,22 @@ struct rtems_bsdnet_config rtems_bsdnet_config = @{
@subsection Network initialization
-The networking tasks must be started before any
-network I/O operations can be performed. This is done by calling:
+The networking tasks must be started before any network I/O operations
+can be performed. This is done by calling:
+
+
@example
rtems_bsdnet_initialize_network ();
@end example
This function is declared in @code{rtems/rtems_bsdnet.h}.
+t returns 0 on success and -1 on failure with an error code
+in @code{errno}. It is not possible to undo the effects of
+a partial initialization, though, so the function can be
+called only once irregardless of the return code. Consequently,
+if the condition for the failure can be corrected, the
+system must be reset to permit another network initialization
+attempt.