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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:24:24 +0800
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Subject: Re: Notifier chains bug ?
From: =?UTF-8?Q?Am=C3=A9rico_Wang?= <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: Oleg Kutkov <elenbert@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Oleg Kutkov <elenbert@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
> I try to used notifier chains for monitoring network devices events.
> All works perfectly when just i'm connecting/disconnecting network cable or
> up/down interface via ifconfig.
> But when i try to change interface address - nothing happens. Notifier is
> don't send any events :(

I think you mean IP address? No, NETDEV_CHANGEADDR is for hardware
address, not for IP address.

If you were changing mac address, you will receive NETDEV_CHANGEADDR.