arp_notify: document that a gratuitous ARP request is sent when this option is enabled

This option causes a gratuitous ARP request, not a reply as the documentation
currently suggests.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ian Campbell 2010-05-26 00:09:41 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
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@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ arp_ignore - INTEGER
arp_notify - BOOLEAN
Define mode for notification of address and device changes.
0 - (default): do nothing
1 - Generate gratuitous arp replies when device is brought up
1 - Generate gratuitous arp requests when device is brought up
or hardware address changes.
arp_accept - BOOLEAN