Author: oshogbo Date: Mon Jun 18 23:00:15 2018 New Revision: 335348 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/335348
Log: libnv: add note about nvlist_pack and nvlist_unpack Fix small typo as well. Submitted by: Mindaugas Rasiukevicius <rm...@netbsd.org> Modified: head/share/man/man9/nv.9 Modified: head/share/man/man9/nv.9 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man9/nv.9 Mon Jun 18 22:57:32 2018 (r335347) +++ head/share/man/man9/nv.9 Mon Jun 18 23:00:15 2018 (r335348) @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ The .Fn nvlist_add_nvlist_array , .Fn nvlist_add_descriptor_array functions add element to the given nvlist. -When adding string or binary buffor the functions will allocate memory +When adding string or binary buffer the functions will allocate memory and copy the data over. When adding nvlist, the nvlist will be cloned and clone will be added. When adding descriptor, the descriptor will be duplicated using the @@ -768,6 +768,13 @@ function name from the nvlist and free all resources a If element of the given name and the given type does not exist, the program will be aborted. The nvlist must not be in error state. +.Sh NOTES +The +.Fn nvlist_pack +and +.Fn nvlist_unpack +functions handle the byte-order conversions, so the binary buffer can be +packed/unpacked by the hosts with the different endianness. .Sh EXAMPLES The following example demonstrates how to prepare an nvlist and send it over .Xr unix 4 _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
