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ipv6: add knob to send unsolicited ND on link-layer address change

This patch introduces a new knob ndisc_notify. If enabled, the kernel will transmit an unsolicited neighbour advertisement on link-layer address change to update the neighbour tables of the corresponding hosts more quickly. This is the equivalent to arp_notify in ipv4 world.

Hannes Frederic Sowa committed 14 years ago

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include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h+1−0
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ enum { · 156 unmodified lines
157157 DEVCONF_DISABLE_IPV6,
158158 DEVCONF_ACCEPT_DAD,
159159 DEVCONF_FORCE_TLLAO,
160+ DEVCONF_NDISC_NOTIFY,
160161 DEVCONF_MAX
161162 };
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