NETIF_NOTIFY_PEERS(9) Network device support NETIF_NOTIFY_PEERS(9)NAMEnetif_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of dev
SYNOPSIS
void netif_notify_peers(struct net_device * dev);
ARGUMENTS
dev
network device
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.
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