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authorunknown <bundra@.(none)>2010-01-14 15:50:54 +0100
committerunknown <bundra@.(none)>2010-01-14 15:50:54 +0100
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Merge branch 'master' of github.com:sustrik/zeromq2
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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ a NIC name or a hostname (resolved by DNS):
tcp://lo:32768
.fi
+Note that NIC names are not standardised by POSIX. They tend to be rather
+arbitrary and platform dependent. Say, "eth0" on Linux would correspond to "en0"
+on OSX and "e1000g" on Solaris. On Windows platform, as there are no short NIC
+names available, you have to use numeric IP addresses instead.
+
.SH WIRE FORMAT
A message consists of a message length followed by message data.