Re: [RFC] ARP notify option

2007-03-07 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:42:39 +0200 (EET) Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Chris Friesen wrote: > > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > >> +arp_notify - BOOLEAN > >> + Define mode for notification of address and device changes. > >> + 0 - (default): do nothing > >> + 1 - Gene

Re: [RFC] ARP notify option

2007-03-06 Thread Pekka Savola
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Chris Friesen wrote: Stephen Hemminger wrote: +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 + or hardware address cha

Re: [RFC] ARP notify option

2007-03-06 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:18:07 -0600 "Chris Friesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > +arp_notify - BOOLEAN > > + Define mode for notification of address and device changes. > > + 0 - (default): do nothing > > + 1 - Generate gratuitous arp replies when device is bro

Re: [RFC] ARP notify option

2007-03-06 Thread Chris Friesen
Stephen Hemminger wrote: +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 + or hardware address changes. Did you consider using gratuitous

Re: [RFC] ARP notify option

2007-03-06 Thread Chris Wright
* Stephen Hemminger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This adds another inet device option to enable gratuitous ARP > when device is brought up or address change. This is handy for > clusters or virtualization. This looks good. I'll test with Xen. What about the source addr selection? thanks, -chris

Re: [RFC] ARP notify option

2007-03-06 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Stephen Hemminger wrote: > This adds another inet device option to enable gratuitous ARP > when device is brought up or address change. This is handy for > clusters or virtualization. > Thanks Stephen. Haven't tested this yet, but it definitely cleans up a warty corner of netfront. J - To

[RFC] ARP notify option

2007-03-06 Thread Stephen Hemminger
This adds another inet device option to enable gratuitous ARP when device is brought up or address change. This is handy for clusters or virtualization. Tested on a normal device (not Xen). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt |6 ++