On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 02:49:42PM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > So far we only bring up network interfaces when we actually need them. > This means we could be idling in the shell for long and once the user > decides to do networking he has to wait for the link to be established. > We can do better: Before going interactive bring up all known network > interfaces which makes the links established when the user needs them. > > To implement this we have to rework carrier checking a bit, because > otherwise barebox would wait for the links to be established before > dropping to the shell. > > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > common/startup.c | 3 +++ > include/net.h | 3 +++ > net/eth.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- > 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/common/startup.c b/common/startup.c > index f53b73f81a..f63a0ae7d5 100644 > --- a/common/startup.c > +++ b/common/startup.c > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ > #include <linux/ctype.h> > #include <watchdog.h> > #include <glob.h> > +#include <net.h> > #include <bselftest.h> > > extern initcall_t __barebox_initcalls_start[], __barebox_early_initcalls_end[], > @@ -208,6 +209,8 @@ enum autoboot_state do_autoboot_countdown(void) > &outkey); > command_slice_acquire(); > > + eth_open_all(); > + We could make the user experience even a bit better by doing this call before waiting for the autoboot timeout which then speeds up netboot a bit. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
