Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 20 Mar 2002 00:29:11 +0100 (CET) | From | Eric Lammerts <> | Subject | Re: IP Autoconfig doesn't work for USB network devices |
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On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 rob1@rekl.yi.org wrote: > I tried the suggestion in this thread: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100912381726661&w=2 > > It made no difference. I also looked through the messages on > linux-usb-devel, but they seem to be more related to having USB floppies > or USB hard drives recognized, instead of network cards, which I believe > is my problem.
That's right. I made a separate patch for USB (or other hotplug) network cards (see below).
Eric
--- linux-2.4.9-ac7/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c.orig Wed May 2 05:59:24 2001 +++ linux-2.4.9-ac7/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c Tue Sep 18 17:16:07 2001 @@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ #define CONF_PRE_OPEN (HZ/2) /* Before opening: 1/2 second */ #define CONF_POST_OPEN (1*HZ) /* After opening: 1 second */
+#define CONF_DEV_WAIT (1*HZ) + /* Define the timeout for waiting for a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP reply */ #define CONF_OPEN_RETRIES 2 /* (Re)open devices twice */ #define CONF_SEND_RETRIES 6 /* Send six requests per open */ @@ -1105,8 +1107,20 @@ ;
/* Setup all network devices */ - if (ic_open_devs() < 0) + while (ic_open_devs() < 0) { +#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS + if (ROOT_DEV == MKDEV(UNNAMED_MAJOR, 255)) { + printk(KERN_ERR + "IP-Config: Retrying forever (NFS root)...\n"); + + // wait a while and try again + current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; + schedule_timeout(CONF_DEV_WAIT); + continue; + } +#endif return -1; + }
/* Give drivers a chance to settle */ jiff = jiffies + CONF_POST_OPEN; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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