netdev - [RFC][PATCH] net: ipv4: ipconfig: decrease CONF_CARRIER

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Date:	Wed, 2 May 2012 17:24:19 +0200
From:	Christian Hemp <c.hemp@...tec.de>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Christian Hemp <c.hemp@...tec.de>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH] net: ipv4: ipconfig: decrease CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT

A timeout of two minutes is pretty anoying if _no_ ethernet cable
is attached by purpose.  This patch decreases the timeout of
CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT to an accaptable value of 10 secounds.

Signed-off-by: Christian Hemp <c.hemp@...tec.de>
---
 net/ipv4/ipconfig.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 99ec116..2aa80ac 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 /* Define the friendly delay before and after opening net devices */
 #define CONF_POST_OPEN		10	/* After opening: 10 msecs */
-#define CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT	120000	/* Wait for carrier timeout */
+#define CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT	1000	/* Wait for carrier timeout */
 
 /* Define the timeout for waiting for a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP reply */
 #define CONF_OPEN_RETRIES 	2	/* (Re)open devices twice */
-- 
1.7.0.4

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