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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml index 4850278a64..503725fe18 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2012</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2013</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -145,14 +145,23 @@ <seealso marker="inet#setopts/2">inet:setopts/2</seealso>.</p> </item> </taglist> - <p>The returned socket <c><anno>Socket</anno></c> is used to send packets - from this port with <c>send/4</c>. When UDP packets arrive at - the opened port, they are delivered as messages:</p> + <p>The returned socket <c><anno>Socket</anno></c> is used to send + packets from this port with <c>send/4</c>. When UDP packets arrive + at the opened port, if the socket is in an active mode the packets + are delivered as messages to the controlling process:</p> <code type="none"> {udp, Socket, IP, InPortNo, Packet}</code> - <p>Note that arriving UDP packets that are longer than + <p>If the socket is not in an active mode, data can be + retrieved via the <seealso marker="#recv/2">recv/2,3</seealso> calls. + Note that arriving UDP packets that are longer than the receive buffer option specifies, might be truncated without warning.</p> + <p>When a socket in <c>{active, N}</c> mode (see <seealso marker="inet#setopts/2"> + inet:setopts/2</seealso> for details) transitions to passive + (<c>{active, false}</c>) mode, the controlling process is notified by a + message of the following form:</p> + <code type="none"> +{udp_passive, Socket}</code> <p><c>IP</c> and <c>InPortNo</c> define the address from which <c>Packet</c> came. <c>Packet</c> is a list of bytes if the option <c>list</c> was specified. <c>Packet</c> is a |