Re: lockups with netconsole on e1000 on media insertion

Daniel Phillips
2005-08-06T01:37:27Z

On Saturday 06 August 2005 11:22, Matt Mackall wrote:
> 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.

But please don't. An OS that slows to a crawl or crashes because a cable
isn't plugged in an OS that deserves to be ridiculed. Silly timeouts on boot
are scary and a waste of user's time.

Regards,

Daniel