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diff --git a/doc/networking/driver.t b/doc/networking/driver.t
index f3223530e1..d27f3ef1ee 100644
--- a/doc/networking/driver.t
+++ b/doc/networking/driver.t
@@ -134,16 +134,15 @@ structure.
@item ifp->if_name
The name of the device. The network stack uses this string
-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.
-
+and the device number for device name lookups. The device name should
+be obtained from the @code{name} entry in the configuration structure.
@item ifp->if_unit
The device number. The network stack uses this number and the
device name for device name lookups. For example, if
-@code{ifp->if_name} is @samp{scc}, and @code{ifp->if_unit} is @samp{1},
-the full device name would be @samp{scc1}.
+@code{ifp->if_name} is @samp{scc} and @code{ifp->if_unit} is @samp{1},
+the full device name would be @samp{scc1}. The unit number should be
+obtained from the `name' entry in the configuration structure.
@item ifp->if_mtu
The maximum transmission unit for the device. For Ethernet
@@ -173,6 +172,23 @@ The address of the output function. Ethernet devices
should set this to @code{ether_output}.
@end table
+RTEMS provides a function to parse the driver name in the
+configuration structure into a device name and unit number.
+
+@example
+int rtems_bsdnet_parse_driver_name (
+ const struct rtems_bsdnet_ifconfig *config,
+ char **namep
+);
+@end example
+
+The function takes two arguments; a pointer to the configuration
+structure and a pointer to a pointer to a character. The function
+parses the configuration name entry, allocates memory for the driver
+name, places the driver name in this memory, sets the second argument
+to point to the name and returns the unit number.
+On error, a message is printed and -1 is returned.
+
Once the attach function has set up the above entries it must link the
driver data structure onto the list of devices by
calling @code{if_attach}. Ethernet devices should then
@@ -182,9 +198,6 @@ device's @code{ifnet} structure as their only argument.
The attach function should return a non-zero value to indicate that
the driver has been successfully configured and attached.
-
-
-
@section Write the Driver Start Function.
This function is called each time the network stack wants to start the
transmitter. This occures whenever the network stack adds a packet