netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3] ipv4: allow warming up the ARP cache with request type gratuitous ARP

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Message-Id: <20100119.031343.44943528.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:13:43 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lk-netdev@...netdev.nosense.org
Cc:	opurdila@...acom.com, ja@....bg, chavey@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3] ipv4: allow warming up the ARP cache with
 request type gratuitous ARP

From: Mark Smith <lk-netdev@...netdev.nosense.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:18:18 +1030

> ARP_ACCEPT / the /proc "arp_accept" file is really confusingly named -
> unless you knew better I doubt anybody would guess it's only referring
> to GARPs. Is there any chance of renaming it or symlinking a new name
> of something like "garp_accept" to the old one? Is this a significant
> enough behaviour change that it creates that opportunity?

It's been there forever, it's well documented, and creating
symlinks is messy.

So no.
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