From 3f8dc2362fd43a0adee2f6f05bf1ac4d619675b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Campbell Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 00:09:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] arp_notify: document that a gratuitous ARP request is sent when this option is enabled 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index d0536b5a4e01..f350c69b2bb4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ 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 -- 2.20.1