netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] ipconfig wait for carrier

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 21:39:25 +0200
From:	Micha Nelissen <micha@...i.hopto.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	dcbw@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ipconfig wait for carrier

David Miller wrote:
> From: Micha Nelissen <micha@...i.hopto.org>
> Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 21:24:42 +0200
> 
>> Even if link is "fake up" by driver and not actually up after 10 msecs,
>> things will continue to work (eventually), after a second, just like now.
> 
> But this eats one of the CONF_SEND_RETRIES attempts, which is only 6.

Right. So an alternative could be to increase this to 7, or do you
prefer leaving the 1 sec timeout untouched?

Micha
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