Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:35:01 -0700 | From | Tim Bird <> | Subject | new ipdelay= option for faster netboot (was Re: New fast(?)-boot results on ARM) |
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Tim Bird wrote: > See the definitions of CONF_PRE_OPEN and CON_POST_OPEN > in net/ipv4/ipconfig.c > > They are set to ridiculously long values. In my experience, > you can cut them down considerably with no dangerous side > effects (but I haven't asked the network guys about the > possible downsides).
It turns out that others have seen this delay. Simon Arlott recently posted a patch to make the delay avoidable at boot time from the kernel command line.
See http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/31678/ -- Tim
============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================
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