From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Campbell Subject: [PATCH 1/3] arp_notify: document that a gratuitous ARP request is sent when this option is enabled Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 11:09:41 +0100 Message-ID: <1274868583-26291-1-git-send-email-ian.campbell@citrix.com> References: <1274868492.24218.7350.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Cc: Ian Campbell , Stephen Hemminger , Jeremy Fitzhardinge , "David S. Miller" To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp02.citrix.com ([66.165.176.63]:45651 "EHLO SMTP02.CITRIX.COM" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933942Ab0EZKIz (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2010 06:08:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1274868492.24218.7350.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This option causes a gratuitous ARP request, not a reply as the documentation currently suggests. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell Cc: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: David S. Miller Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 8b72c88..bd13884 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ arp_ignore - INTEGER arp_notify - BOOLEAN Define mode for notification of address and device changes. 0 - (default): do nothing - 1 - Generate gratuitous arp replies when device is brought up + 1 - Generate gratuitous arp requests when device is brought up or hardware address changes. arp_accept - BOOLEAN -- 1.5.6.5