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doc:networking: Update comment for dev_id field in netdevice.h

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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>
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Narendra K 2013-06-10 19:34:03 +05:30 committed by David S. Miller
parent 32766fff24
commit dffebd2c5c
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@ -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 */