From dffebd2c5cd528a136b276a2a75c56222312d7a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Narendra K Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:34:03 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 2ecb96d9a1e5..e5d65573b4d6 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 */