[ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev: Update comment.
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Thu Feb 28 19:20:22 UTC 2013
The claim that there's only a single implementation was long obsolete.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
---
lib/netdev.h | 9 +++++----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/netdev.h b/lib/netdev.h
index a691d70..13105ee 100644
--- a/lib/netdev.h
+++ b/lib/netdev.h
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@
extern "C" {
#endif
-/* Generic interface to network devices.
+/* Generic interface to network devices ("netdev"s).
*
- * Currently, there is a single implementation of this interface that supports
- * Linux. The interface should be generic enough to be implementable on other
- * operating systems as well. */
+ * Every port on a switch must have a corresponding netdev that must minimally
+ * support a few operations, such as the ability to read the netdev's MTU.
+ * The PORTING file at the top of the source tree has more information in the
+ * "Writing a netdev Provider" section. */
struct ofpbuf;
struct in_addr;
--
1.7.2.5
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