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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
index c2f7fa4588..710c9b19cf 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2001</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2014</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -1742,15 +1742,19 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec {
term consists of one to four elements in the array. The
term first has a term type, and then arguments. The
<c>port</c> parameter specifies the sending port.</p>
- <p>Tuple and lists (with the exception of strings, see below),
+ <p>Tuples, maps and lists (with the exception of strings, see below),
are built in reverse polish notation, so that to build a
tuple, the elements are given first, and then the tuple
- term, with a count. Likewise for lists.</p>
+ term, with a count. Likewise for lists and maps.</p>
<p>A tuple must be specified with the number of elements. (The
elements precede the <c>ERL_DRV_TUPLE</c> term.)</p>
<p>A list must be specified with the number of elements,
including the tail, which is the last term preceding
<c>ERL_DRV_LIST</c>.</p>
+ <p>A map must be specified with the number of key-value pairs <c>N</c>.
+ The key-value pairs must precede the <c>ERL_DRV_MAP</c> in this order:
+ <c>key1,value1,key2,value2,...,keyN,valueN</c>.
+ Duplicate keys are not allowed.</p>
<p>The special term <c>ERL_DRV_STRING_CONS</c> is used to
"splice" in a string in a list, a string given this way is
not a list per se, but the elements are elements of the
@@ -1774,6 +1778,7 @@ ERL_DRV_PID ErlDrvTermData pid (from driver_connected(ErlDrvPort port)
ERL_DRV_STRING_CONS char *str, int len
ERL_DRV_FLOAT double *dbl
ERL_DRV_EXT2TERM char *buf, ErlDrvUInt len
+ERL_DRV_MAP int sz
</pre>
<p>The unsigned integer data type <c>ErlDrvUInt</c> and the
signed integer data type <c>ErlDrvSInt</c> are 64 bits wide
@@ -1856,6 +1861,24 @@ ERL_DRV_EXT2TERM char *buf, ErlDrvUInt len
};
erl_drv_output_term(driver_mk_port(drvport), spec, sizeof(spec) / sizeof(spec[0]));
]]></code>
+
+ <p>To build the map <c>#{key1 => 100, key2 => {200, 300}}</c>, the
+ following call could be made.</p>
+ <code type="none"><![CDATA[
+ ErlDrvPort port = ...
+ ErlDrvTermData spec[] = {
+ ERL_DRV_ATOM, driver_mk_atom("key1"),
+ ERL_DRV_INT, 100,
+ ERL_DRV_ATOM, driver_mk_atom("key2"),
+ ERL_DRV_INT, 200,
+ ERL_DRV_INT, 300,
+ ERL_DRV_TUPLE, 2,
+ ERL_DRV_MAP, 2
+ };
+ erl_drv_output_term(driver_mk_port(drvport), spec, sizeof(spec) / sizeof(spec[0]));
+ ]]>
+ </code>
+
<p>If you want to pass a binary and don't already have the content
of the binary in an <c>ErlDrvBinary</c>, you can benefit from using
<c>ERL_DRV_BUF2BINARY</c> instead of creating an <c>ErlDrvBinary</c>