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NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS(9)					      Network device support					    NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS(9)

NAME
       netdev_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of dev

SYNOPSIS
       void netdev_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.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						    NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS(9)