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Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 11:09:41 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] 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@...rix.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 8b72c88..bd13884 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ 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
-- 
1.5.6.5

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