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[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / netdev-provider.h

diff --git a/lib/netdev-provider.h b/lib/netdev-provider.h
index dea171d..080b76a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/netdev-provider.h
+++ b/lib/netdev-provider.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira Networks.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -231,7 +231,10 @@ struct netdev_class {
     /* Sets 'netdev''s Ethernet address to 'mac' */
     int (*set_etheraddr)(struct netdev *netdev, const uint8_t mac[6]);
 
-    /* Retrieves 'netdev''s Ethernet address into 'mac'. */
+    /* Retrieves 'netdev''s Ethernet address into 'mac'.
+     *
+     * This address will be advertised as 'netdev''s MAC address through the
+     * OpenFlow protocol, among other uses. */
     int (*get_etheraddr)(const struct netdev *netdev, uint8_t mac[6]);
 
     /* Retrieves 'netdev''s MTU into '*mtup'.
@@ -540,10 +543,10 @@ struct netdev_class {
     int (*get_next_hop)(const struct in_addr *host, struct in_addr *next_hop,
                         char **netdev_name);
 
-    /* Retrieves the status of the device.
+    /* Retrieves driver information of the device.
      *
      * Populates 'sh' with key-value pairs representing the status of the
-     * device.  A device's status is a set of key-value string pairs
+     * device.  Driver info is a set of key-value string pairs
      * representing netdev type specific information.  For more information see
      * ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5).
      *
@@ -552,7 +555,7 @@ struct netdev_class {
      *
      * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
      * anyhow. */
-    int (*get_status)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct shash *sh);
+    int (*get_drv_info)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct shash *sh);
 
     /* Looks up the ARP table entry for 'ip' on 'netdev' and stores the
      * corresponding MAC address in 'mac'.  A return value of ENXIO, in