netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Allow change timing values to wait slow devices bring up before try register an interface to IP-Config

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Message-Id: <20100209.230426.65176612.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:04:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	tiago.maluta@...il.com, linux-net@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Allow change timing values to wait slow devices
 bring up before try register an interface to IP-Config

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:51:20 -0800

> Using delays was dumb of us, but I guess the problem is difficult.
> 
> It would be much better to configure this delay at runtime rather than
> at compile time.  Perhaps with new kernel boot parameters, perhaps by
> extending the ip= argument.

Old topic, see the thread at:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126311212608318&w=2

I would prefer to just jack up the defaults a bit.

My opinion is that just about any larger default value is reasonable,
because if you enable IP autoconfig on the command line, you expect
the link and device to be there and waiting a few extra seconds won't
bother you.
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