netdev - Re: [GIT] Networking

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Message-ID: <20110108000901.GA2133@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Sat, 8 Jan 2011 01:09:01 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> :
[...]
> Hmm. I never even waited for 60 seconds. Maybe my boot would have
> continued after the delay.

The 60 seconds delay is here :

drivers/base/firmware_class.c
[...]
static int loading_timeout = 60;        /* In seconds */

It can be read and set through sysfs.

I'll give a try at moving the request-firmware dependent stuff to
device-open time in drivers/net/r8169.c tomorrow morning. It's friday.

-- 
Ueimor
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