From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Micha Nelissen Subject: Re: Commit "ipconfig wait for carrier" makes boot hang for 2 mins if no carrier Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:33:37 +0200 Message-ID: <50465791.40805@neli.hopto.org> References: <504627A4.9080306@neli.hopto.org>, Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Joakim Tjernlund Return-path: Received: from isp-bos-02.edutel.nl ([88.159.1.183]:55095 "EHLO isp-bos-02.edutel.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757568Ab2IDTdm (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:33:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >> Why not set the IP address then in your rootfs yourself? Micha > > I could ask you the same question, why do you need to have nfs in kernel? Because that's where my root filesystem is? The IP autoconfiguration code exists for this purpose. > The answer is probably the same, it is much easier to > manage our IP config in one place for our embedded system. You retrieve the kernel via TFTP or so when booting? > I don't understand why you need 2 minutes timeout for carrier either? Just a safe value. > The wait should be conditional on NFS root or not so that non NFS roots > can skip this stage altogether. Feel free to submit a patch :-) Micha