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

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 15:47:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	micha@...i.hopto.org
Cc:	dcbw@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ipconfig wait for carrier

From: Micha Nelissen <micha@...i.hopto.org>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 21:39:25 +0200

> 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?

I'm not so sure at the moment.

Why don't you post your patch with the "bool" thing fixed and I'll
think about it?

Thanks.
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