From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Subject: Re: new ipdelay= option for faster netboot
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:31:00 -0700
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To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David Miller wrote:
> I have card/switch combinations that take up to 10 seconds to
> negotiate a proper link.

Gotta love it when things adhere to specs...

rick jones
has also experienced nic/whatnot combinations that are far from IEEE specs... :(