--- projects/libstatgrab/docs/statgrab.xml	2004/01/05 17:20:29	1.3
+++ projects/libstatgrab/docs/statgrab.xml	2004/03/11 17:35:24	1.7
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 <refentry id="statgrab">
 
   <refentryinfo>
-    <date>$Date: 2004/01/05 17:20:29 $</date>
-    <releaseinfo>$Id: statgrab.xml,v 1.3 2004/01/05 17:20:29 ats Exp $</releaseinfo>
+    <date>$Date: 2004/03/11 17:35:24 $</date>
+    <releaseinfo>$Id: statgrab.xml,v 1.7 2004/03/11 17:35:24 tdb Exp $</releaseinfo>
   </refentryinfo>
   
   <refmeta>
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
       </funcprototype>
 
       <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>network_iface_stat_t *<function>get_network_iface_stats</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>int *<parameter>entries</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
+      <funcprototype>
         <funcdef>page_stat_t *<function>get_page_stats</function></funcdef>
         <void/>
       </funcprototype>
@@ -109,19 +114,20 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
     <para>
-      The statgrab library provides a cross platform interface to getting
+      The statgrab library provides a cross-platform interface to getting
       system statistics. Each of the function calls returns a structure
       containing statistics. See the manual page for each individual
       function for more details on usage.
     </para>
     <para>
-      <function>statgrab_init(void)</function> should be the first
-      function you call before you start to use libstatgrab. This
-      function on *bsd systems opens up the kernel structures and
-      leaves them open for future use. Because of this, any special
-      privileges the program has (e.g. setgid kmem) can be dropped
-      after this call, and all the libstatgrab calls should continue to
-      work. It is therefore a good idea to call
+      <function>statgrab_init</function> must be the first
+      function you call before you start to use libstatgrab; it performs all
+      the one-time initialisation operations that need setuid/setgid
+      privileges. For instance, on *BSD it opens a descriptor to be able to
+      read kernel structures later on, and on Solaris it reads the device
+      mappings that in some cases are only accessible by root (machines with
+      a /dev/osa). Once this has run, the other libstatgrab functions no longer 
+      need elevated privileges. It is therefore a good idea to call
       <function>statgrab_drop_privileges</function>, which discards
       setuid and setgid privileges, immediately after you call
       <function>statgrab_init</function>, unless your application has
@@ -133,9 +139,10 @@
       non-zero on failure.
     </para>
     <para>
-      The library was originally written to support the i-scream central
-      monitoring system, but has since become a standalone package. It
-      has been ported to work on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.
+      The library was originally written to support the i-scream
+      central monitoring system, but has since become a standalone
+      package. It has been ported to work on Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
+      OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Solaris and Cygwin.
     </para>
   </refsect1>
   
@@ -169,6 +176,10 @@
           <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
         </citerefentry>
         <citerefentry>
+          <refentrytitle>get_network_iface_stats</refentrytitle>
+          <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+        </citerefentry>
+        <citerefentry>
           <refentrytitle>get_page_stats</refentrytitle>
           <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
         </citerefentry>
@@ -189,7 +200,9 @@
     
     <simplelist type="vert">
       <member>
-        <ulink url="http://www.i-scream.org">http://www.i-scream.org</ulink>
+        <ulink url="http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/">
+          http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
+        </ulink>
       </member>
     </simplelist>
   </refsect1>