netif_notify_peers9
Notify network peers about existence of dev
Usage
void netif_notify_peers(struct net_device * dev);
Arguments
dev
network device
Overview
Generate traffic such that interested network peers are aware of dev, such as by generating a gratuitous ARP. This may be used when a device wants to inform the rest of the network about some sort of reconfiguration such as a failover event or virtual machine migration.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.