Re: lockups with netconsole on e1000 on media insertion

Matt Mackall
2005-08-06T01:22:27Z

On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 01:51:22AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > But why are we in a hurry to dump the backlog on the floor? Why are we
> > worrying about the performance of netpoll without the cable plugged in
> > at all? We shouldn't be optimizing the data loss case.
>
> Because a system shouldn't stall for minutes (or forever like right now)
> at boot just because the network cable isn't plugged in.

Using netconsole without a network cable could well be classified as a
serious configuration error. NFS also is a bit sluggish without a
network cable.

I've already agreed that forever is a problem. Can we work towards
agreeing on a non-trivial timeout, please?

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