On 2/3/07 01:30, "Stephen Hemminger" [off-list ref]
wrote:

What about implementing the unused arp_announce flag on the inetdevice?
Something like the following.  Totally untested...

Looks like it either was there (and got removed) or was planned but
never implemented.

This would be acceptable. It only needs a simple script to poke the correct
value, and that could be easily integrated into vendor scripts. The general
idea of being able to have a callback to userspace is okay but we'd like
something lighter weight for live migration, which is typically done only
within the scope of a single layer-2 network and hence all that is really
required is the gratuitous ARP to kick the switch hardware.

 -- Keir