From: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
To: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Commit "ipconfig wait for carrier" makes boot hang for 2 mins if no carrier
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:04:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <OFFA3AC1B1.08FC3AAD-ONC1257A70.00266EDC-C1257A70.0026E8BC@transmode.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50465791.40805@neli.hopto.org>
Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org> wrote on 2012/09/04 21:33:37:
>
> 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.
This is not the only 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?
Yes, but mostly not. This really doesn't matter
>
> > 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 :-)
Your patch broke other use cases so my patch would just revert or change the tmo
to 2 secs or so.
Or you could clean up your stuff so it works for all and not just for you.
Jocke
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-05 7:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-04 14:41 Commit "ipconfig wait for carrier" makes boot hang for 2 mins if no carrier Joakim Tjernlund
2012-09-04 16:09 ` Micha Nelissen
2012-09-04 18:04 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-09-04 19:33 ` Micha Nelissen
2012-09-05 7:04 ` Joakim Tjernlund [this message]
2012-09-05 8:30 ` Micha Nelissen
2012-09-05 8:47 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-09-05 17:01 ` David Miller
2012-09-05 21:41 ` Joakim Tjernlund
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