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Message-Id: <20130402.143556.1226949973977697625.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipconfig: add informative timeout messages
 while waiting for carrier

From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:58:25 -0400

> Commit 3fb72f1e6e6165c5f495e8dc11c5bbd14c73385c ("ipconfig wait
> for carrier") added a "wait for carrier on at least one interface"
> policy, with a worst case maximum wait of two minutes.
> 
> However, if you encounter this, you won't get any feedback from
> the console as to the nature of what is going on.  You just see
> the booting process hang for two minutes and then continue.
> 
> Here we add a message so the user knows what is going on, and
> hence can take action to rectify the situation (e.g. fix network
> cable or whatever.)  After the 1st 10s pause, output now begins
> that looks like this:
> 
> 	Waiting up to 110 more seconds for network.
> 	Waiting up to 100 more seconds for network.
> 	Waiting up to 90 more seconds for network.
> 	Waiting up to 80 more seconds for network.
> 	...
> 
> Since most systems will have no problem getting link/carrier in the
> 1st 10s, the only people who will see these messages are people with
> genuine issues that need to be resolved.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

This is fine, applied, thanks.
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