diff options
| author | Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com> | 2013-06-10 19:34:03 +0530 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-06-12 03:03:47 -0700 |
| commit | dffebd2c5cd528a136b276a2a75c56222312d7a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 05364403f2245264ac2eafa4b26ad1b81f4a1e43 /include/linux/netdevice.h | |
| parent | 32766fff24a761079636bb96c389411d24a334c6 (diff) | |
doc:networking: Update comment for dev_id field in netdevice.h
This patch updates the comment for 'dev_id' field in
'include/linux/netdevice.h' to reflect the intended
usage of 'dev_id'.
References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136992115300526&w=2
References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=137062569014612&w=2
Signed-off-by: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com>
Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 2ecb96d9a1e..e5d65573b4d 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1174,8 +1174,10 @@ struct net_device { unsigned char addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */ unsigned char addr_len; /* hardware address length */ unsigned char neigh_priv_len; - unsigned short dev_id; /* for shared network cards */ - + unsigned short dev_id; /* Used to differentiate devices + * that share the same link + * layer address + */ spinlock_t addr_list_lock; struct netdev_hw_addr_list uc; /* Unicast mac addresses */ struct netdev_hw_addr_list mc; /* Multicast mac addresses */ |