[PATCH] Add two PLX device IDs

[linux-2.6] / Documentation / networking / netdevices.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index 1509f3aff968f69381d829bc97b8acf0a926dac7..847cedb238f6c0ed24ad6568b1d440bc3843fc6f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -42,15 +42,17 @@ dev->get_stats:
        Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock
 
 dev->hard_start_xmit:
-       Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock.
+       Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
        When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be
-       called without holding xmit_lock. In this case the driver 
+       called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver
        has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock
        for this and return -1 when the spin lock fails. 
        The locking there should also properly protect against 
        set_multicast_list
        Context: BHs disabled
        Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed false
+               Interrupts must be enabled when calling hard_start_xmit.
+                (Interrupts must also be enabled when enabling the BH handler.)
        Return codes: 
        o NETDEV_TX_OK everything ok. 
        o NETDEV_TX_BUSY Cannot transmit packet, try later 
@@ -60,12 +62,12 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit:
          Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set.
 
 dev->tx_timeout:
-       Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock.
+       Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
        Context: BHs disabled
        Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed true
 
 dev->set_multicast_list:
-       Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock.
+       Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
        Context: BHs disabled
 
 dev->poll: