networkd: support vxlan parameters

[elogind.git] / man / sd_id128_to_string.xml

diff --git a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
index eda35b08b1675360c43dce2d7f38886b78b94752..62badda8e244181ae9ba2731b438cd17fec0ea42 100644 (file)
--- a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
+++ b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>sd_id128_to_string</refname>
                 <refname>sd_id128_from_string</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Format or parse 128 bit IDs as strings</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Format or parse 128-bit IDs as strings</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@
                         <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-id128.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
 
                         <funcprototype>
-                                <funcdef>char* <function>sd_id128_to_string</function></funcdef>
+                                <funcdef>char *<function>sd_id128_to_string</function></funcdef>
                                 <paramdef>sd_id128_t <parameter>id</parameter>, char <parameter>s</parameter>[33]</paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_from_string</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>const char <parameter>s</parameter>[33], sd_id128_t* <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char *<parameter>s</parameter>, sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
                 </funcsynopsis>
@@ -69,27 +69,33 @@
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para><function>sd_id128_to_string()</function>
-                formats a 128 bit ID as character string. It expects
+                formats a 128-bit ID as a character string. It expects
                 the ID and a string array capable of storing 33
                 characters. The ID will be formatted as 32 lowercase
-                hexadecimal digits and be terminated by a NUL
-                byte.</para>
+                hexadecimal digits and be terminated by a
+                <constant>NUL</constant> byte.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_id128_from_string()</function>
                 implements the reverse operation: it takes a 33
-                character array with 32 hexadecimial digits
-                (terminated by NUL) and parses them back into an
-                128 bit ID returned in
-                <parameter>ret</parameter>.</para>
+                character string with 32 hexadecimal digits (either
+                lowercase or uppercase, terminated by
+                <constant>NUL</constant>) and parses them back into a
+                128-bit ID returned in
+                <parameter>ret</parameter>. Alternatively, this call
+                can also parse a 37-character string with a 128-bit ID
+                formatted as RFC UUID.</para>
 
                 <para>For more information about the
                 <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type see
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note
+                that these calls operate the same way on all
+                architectures, i.e. the results do not depend on
+                endianness.</para>
 
-                <para>When formatting a 128 bit ID into a string it is
+                <para>When formatting a 128-bit ID into a string, it is
                 often easier to use a format string for
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>printf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
-                is easly done using the
+                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>printf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
+                is easily done using the
                 <function>SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR</function> and
                 <function>SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL()</function> macros. For
                 more information see
@@ -101,9 +107,9 @@
 
                 <para><function>sd_id128_to_string()</function> always
                 succeeds and returns a pointer to the string array
-                passed in.  <function>sd_id128_from_string</function>
-                returns 0 on success (in which case
-                <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a negative
+                passed in. <function>sd_id128_from_string</function>
+                returns 0 on success, in which case
+                <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in, or a negative
                 errno-style error code.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
@@ -112,9 +118,8 @@
 
                 <para>The <function>sd_id128_to_string()</function>
                 and <function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> interfaces are
-                available as shared library, which can be compiled and
-                linked to with the <literal>libsystemd-id128</literal>
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
+                linked to with the <literal>libsystemd</literal> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>printf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>printf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>