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NETIF_DORMANT_ON(9)					      Network device support					       NETIF_DORMANT_ON(9)

NAME
       netif_dormant_on - mark device as dormant.

SYNOPSIS
       void netif_dormant_on(struct net_device * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
	   network device

DESCRIPTION
       Mark device as dormant (as per RFC2863).

       The dormant state indicates that the relevant interface is not actually in a condition to pass packets (i.e., it is not 'up') but is in a
       "pending" state, waiting for some external event. For "on- demand" interfaces, this new state identifies the situation where the interface
       is waiting for events to place it in the up state.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						       NETIF_DORMANT_ON(9)