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.\"    Manual: Network device support
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "NETDEV_CHANGE_FEATUR" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Network device support"
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.SH "NAME"
netdev_change_features \- recalculate device features
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ netdev_change_features('u
.BI "void netdev_change_features(struct\ net_device\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdev\fR
.RS 4
the device to check
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Recalculate dev\->features set and send notifications even if they have not changed\&. Should be called instead of
\fBnetdev_update_features\fR
if also dev\->vlan_features might have changed to allow the changes to be propagated to stacked VLAN devices\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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