NETIF_DORMANT_ON(9)                   Network device support                  NETIF_DORMANT_ON(9)



NAME
       netif_dormant_on - mark device as dormant.

SYNOPSIS
       void netif_dormant_on(struct net_device * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
           network device

DESCRIPTION
       Mark device as dormant (as per RFC2863).

       The dormant state indicates that the relevant interface is not actually in a condition to
       pass packets (i.e., it is not 'up') but is in a “pending” state, waiting for some external
       event. For “on- demand” interfaces, this new state identifies the situation where the
       interface is waiting for events to place it in the up state.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                       NETIF_DORMANT_ON(9)