From: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
To: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Commit "ipconfig wait for carrier" makes boot hang for 2 mins if no carrier
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:33:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50465791.40805@neli.hopto.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF163B52E3.E2F5ACB3-ONC1257A6F.00635561-C1257A6F.00635564@transmode.se>
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.
> 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?
> 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 :-)
Micha
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-04 19:33 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 [this message]
2012-09-05 7:04 ` Joakim Tjernlund
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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