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

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Date:	Wed, 02 May 2012 19:43:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	c.hemp@...tec.de
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] net: ipv4: ipconfig: decrease CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT

From: Christian Hemp <c.hemp@...tec.de>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 17:24:19 +0200

> 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>

It was increased to 2 minutes intentionally, therefore you better go
look into the history of why this was done and you better explain in
your commit message why those issues don't matter.

Otherwise your patch will be completely ignored.
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