On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 15:11 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Hello, I wrote: > > >>> What controls this? "carrier detect appears untrustworthy, waiting 4 > >>> seconds" > >>> Get that fixed and this patch could be useful, > >>> > >> > >> Does the driver properly uses netif_carrier_on/off to signal the > >> system when the link is up/down ? > >> > > Implementing the poll_controller() method in the network driver is > > usually > > > > Looks like the answer is "no"... > > Hm... it uses phylib, so probably it does that. That message and a 4 > s pause appears if the carrier is seen in <10 ms after opening the > device. Maybe this threshold needs to be changed?
This sounds fishy, some devices can setup the carrier before open... Ben. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev