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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index 4c4a5c39cb..169a76463b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Address ip_address()
------- ------------
::1 {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1}
::192.168.42.2 {0,0,0,0,0,0,(192 bsl 8) bor 168,(42 bsl 8) bor 2}
-FFFF::192.168.42.2
- {16#FFFF,0,0,0,0,0,(192 bsl 8) bor 168,(42 bsl 8) bor 2}
+::FFFF:192.168.42.2
+ {0,0,0,0,0,16#FFFF,(192 bsl 8) bor 168,(42 bsl 8) bor 2}
3ffe:b80:1f8d:2:204:acff:fe17:bf38
{16#3ffe,16#b80,16#1f8d,16#2,16#204,16#acff,16#fe17,16#bf38}
fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<pre>
1> <input>inet:parse_address("192.168.42.2").</input>
{ok,{192,168,42,2}}
-2> <input>inet:parse_address("FFFF::192.168.42.2").</input>
-{ok,{65535,0,0,0,0,0,49320,10754}}</pre>
+2> <input>inet:parse_address("::FFFF:192.168.42.2").</input>
+{ok,{0,0,0,0,0,65535,49320,10754}}</pre>
</description>
<datatypes>
@@ -222,11 +222,18 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="get_rc" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a list of IP configuration parameters.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the state of the <c>Inet</c> configuration database in
+ <p>
+ Returns the state of the <c>Inet</c> configuration database in
form of a list of recorded configuration parameters. For more
information, see <seealso marker="erts:inet_cfg">ERTS User's Guide:
Inet Configuration</seealso>.
- Only parameters with other than default values are returned.</p>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Only actual parameters with other than default values
+ are returned, for example not directives that specify
+ other sources for configuration parameters nor
+ directives that clear parameters.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -659,7 +666,8 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
<tag><c>{buffer, Size}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>The size of the user-level software buffer used by
- the driver. Not to be confused with options <c>sndbuf</c>
+ the driver.
+ Not to be confused with options <c>sndbuf</c>
and <c>recbuf</c>, which correspond to the
Kernel socket buffers. It is recommended
to have <c>val(buffer) &gt;= max(val(sndbuf),val(recbuf))</c> to
@@ -670,6 +678,9 @@ get_tcpi_sacked(Sock) ->
usually become larger, you are encouraged to use
<seealso marker="#getopts/2"><c>getopts/2</c></seealso>
to analyze the behavior of your operating system.</p>
+ <p>Note that this is also the maximum amount of data that can be
+ received from a single recv call. If you are using higher than
+ normal MTU consider setting buffer higher.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{delay_send, Boolean}</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -893,6 +904,32 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code>
<seealso marker="file#native_name_encoding/0"><c>file:native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>.</p></item>
</list>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{bind_to_device, Ifname :: binary()}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Binds a socket to a specific network interface. This option
+ must be used in a function call that creates a socket, that is,
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#connect/3"><c>gen_tcp:connect/3,4</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="gen_tcp#listen/2"><c>gen_tcp:listen/2</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="gen_udp#open/1"><c>gen_udp:open/1,2</c></seealso>, or
+ <seealso marker="gen_sctp#open/0"><c>gen_sctp:open/0,1,2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p>Unlike <seealso marker="#getifaddrs/0"><c>getifaddrs/0</c></seealso>, Ifname
+ is encoded a binary. In the unlikely case that a system is using
+ non-7-bit-ASCII characters in network device names, special care
+ has to be taken when encoding this argument.</p>
+ <p>This option uses the Linux-specific socket option
+ <c>SO_BINDTODEVICE</c>, such as in Linux kernel 2.0.30 or later,
+ and therefore only exists when the runtime system
+ is compiled for such an operating system.</p>
+ <p>Before Linux 3.8, this socket option could be set, but could not retrieved
+ with <seealso marker="#getopts/2"><c>getopts/2</c></seealso>. Since Linux 3.8,
+ it is readable.</p>
+ <p>The virtual machine also needs elevated privileges, either
+ running as superuser or (for Linux) having capability
+ <c>CAP_NET_RAW</c>.</p>
+ <p>The primary use case for this option is to bind sockets into
+ <url href="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vrf.txt">Linux VRF instances</url>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>list</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as a list.</p>
@@ -909,7 +946,7 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code>
</item>
<tag><c>{packet, PacketType}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag>
<item>
- <p>Defines the type of packets to use for a socket.
+ <p><marker id="packet"/>Defines the type of packets to use for a socket.
Possible values:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>raw | 0</c></tag>