Re: [GIT] Networking

Francois Romieu
2011-01-08T00:09:30Z

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> :
[...]
> Hmm. I never even waited for 60 seconds. Maybe my boot would have
> continued after the delay.

The 60 seconds delay is here :

drivers/base/firmware_class.c
[...]
static int loading_timeout = 60; /* In seconds */

It can be read and set through sysfs.

I'll give a try at moving the request-firmware dependent stuff to
device-open time in drivers/net/r8169.c tomorrow morning. It's friday.

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Ueimor