netdev - Re: Commit "ipconfig wait for carrier" makes boot hang for 2 mins if no carrier

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Date:	Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:33:37 +0200
From:	Micha Nelissen <micha@...i.hopto.org>
To:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Commit "ipconfig wait for carrier" makes boot hang for 2 mins
 if no  carrier

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
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