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mark device as dormant.
</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">netif_dormant_on </b>(</code></td><td>struct net_device * <var class="pdparam">dev</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Arguments"><a id="id2762329"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>dev</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
network device
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a id="id2762355"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
Mark device as dormant (as per RFC2863).
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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 <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">pending</span>”</span> state, waiting for some external event. For <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">on-
demand</span>”</span> interfaces, this new state identifies the situation where the
interface is waiting for events to place it in the up state.
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