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 <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]>
Cc: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index d0536b5a4e014afc6aa48f5d0c9a2f36ff91969a..f350c69b2bb4f807340416ffe7cf29cc8b02e662 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -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