1. NAME▲

netdev_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of dev

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

void netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *  dev );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

dev
    network device

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

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.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲