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getNamePrefix

Returns a string containing the prefix to use when creating a BSD name for this interface.

Declaration

virtual const char * getNamePrefix() const;

Return Value

Returns a pointer to a constant C string "en". Therefore, Ethernet interfaces will be registered with BSD as en0, en1, etc.

Overview

The BSD name for each interface object is created by concatenating a string returned by this method, with an unique unit number assigned by IONetworkStack.

See Also

Miscellaneous