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authorRobert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>2016-11-15 08:52:51 -0800
committerRobert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>2016-11-19 08:09:37 -0800
commit52892d1d2b839551e473726ed56248a5b5649dc3 (patch)
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parentd174594cd572c5bbd8ecd98580222fb60508bade (diff)
downloadillumos-joyent-52892d1d2b839551e473726ed56248a5b5649dc3.tar.gz
7585 Clarify mac private properties must be strings
Reviewed by: Pavel Zakharov <pavel.zakharov@delphix.com> Reviewed by: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@nexenta.com> Reviewed by: Jason King <jason.brian.king@gmail.com> Approved by: Richard Lowe <richlowe@richlowe.net>
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-rw-r--r--usr/src/man/man9e/mc_getprop.9e7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man9e/mc_getprop.9e b/usr/src/man/man9e/mc_getprop.9e
index c9a9f1786f..7f8912711e 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man9e/mc_getprop.9e
+++ b/usr/src/man/man9e/mc_getprop.9e
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
.\"
.\" Copyright 2016 Joyent, Inc.
.\"
-.Dd June 02, 2016
+.Dd November 15, 2016
.Dt MC_GETPROP 9E
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ argument and use
on it, comparing it to each of its private (bounded-size) properties to
identify which one it is.
.Pp
+At this time, private properties are limited to being string based
+properties. If other types of property values are used, they will not be
+rendered correctly by
+.Xr dladm 1M .
+.Pp
The device
driver can access its device soft state by casting the
.Fa device