On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:44:46 -0800 (PST) David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@xxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:06:46 +0100 > > > If network device drivers are using deferred probing it's possible > > that waiting for devices to show up in ipconfig is already over, > > when the device eventually shows up. With the new netdev_max_wait > > kernel cmdline pataremter it's now possible to extend this time. > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@xxxxxxx> > > This is one of those "user's shouldn't have to figure this crap out" > situations. > > To me, a knob is always a step backwards, and makes Linux harder to > use. > > The irony in all of this, is that the kernel knows when this stuff is > happening. So the ipconfig code should be taught that drivers are > still plugging themselves together and probing, instead of setting > some arbitrary timeout to wait for these things to occur. fine with, I'll have a look how to solve it taht way. Thomas. -- SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg) Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer
