Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:29:30 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] r8169: add phy_reset parameter | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:45:25 +0100
> When booting over the network the physical link will already be up > and configured appropriately, so there is no need to reset it and > cause auto-negotiation to occur again. Adding an option to disable > this makes it possible to avoid a 2 second delay while booting. > > Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu>
This is getting out of control.
We're not going to add a hundred different obscure module options to eliminate delays and device resets.
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