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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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parentb60342ae1a95dbb303705f5b89a94b33805a3841 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:sustrik/zeromq2
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-rw-r--r--man/man7/zmq_pgm.75
-rw-r--r--man/man7/zmq_tcp.75
-rw-r--r--man/man7/zmq_udp.75
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/man7/zmq_pgm.7 b/man/man7/zmq_pgm.7
index e432730..68af978 100644
--- a/man/man7/zmq_pgm.7
+++ b/man/man7/zmq_pgm.7
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ mutlicast group should be specified in the numeric representation. For example:
pgm://192.168.0.111:224.0.0.1:5555
.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
Consecutive PGM packets are interpreted as a single continuous stream of data.
diff --git a/man/man7/zmq_tcp.7 b/man/man7/zmq_tcp.7
index aa3f56e..f5504c8 100644
--- a/man/man7/zmq_tcp.7
+++ b/man/man7/zmq_tcp.7
@@ -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.
diff --git a/man/man7/zmq_udp.7 b/man/man7/zmq_udp.7
index bfebc1c..151a6d4 100644
--- a/man/man7/zmq_udp.7
+++ b/man/man7/zmq_udp.7
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ mutlicast group should be specified in the numeric representation. For example:
udp://192.168.0.111:224.0.0.1:5555
.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
Same as with PGM transport except for UDP packet headers.