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| author | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2012-02-03 16:44:58 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2012-02-03 16:44:58 (GMT) |
| commit | 9d6c66933a30d938bd883039b778266123500adf (patch) | |
| tree | be03b235a350d59048f8fb73db560ad7805001f6 /Doc/library/socket.rst | |
| parent | 61c4e10035aa1ffe5c0d78e5b918b8df4e20a263 (diff) | |
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Issue #13777: Add PF_SYSTEM sockets on OS X.
Patch by Michael Goderbauer.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index cb2ab23..6b7728f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ created. Socket addresses are represented as follows: ``'can0'``. The network interface name ``''`` can be used to receive packets from all network interfaces of this family. +- A string or a tuple ``(id, unit)`` is used for the :const:`SYSPROTO_CONTROL` + protocol of the :const:`PF_SYSTEM` family. The string is the name of a + kernel control using a dynamically-assigned ID. The tuple can be used if ID + and unit number of the kernel control are known or if a registered ID is + used. + + .. versionadded:: 3.3 + - Certain other address families (:const:`AF_BLUETOOTH`, :const:`AF_PACKET`) support specific representations. |