On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:42:35 -0600 Matt Mackall wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:31:08AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:29:12 -0600 Matt Mackall wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 04:27:51PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > hardware: e1000 NIC in ThinkPad T42
> > > > kernel:  2.6.16-rc5-mm3
> > > > 
> > > > I always get $subject message.  I changed the delay in
> > > > net/core/netpoll.c from 4 seconds to 9 seconds, but it
> > > > doesn't matter, the e1000 always finds Link is Up immediately
> > > > after $subject message.
> > > > 
> > > > I suppose this is a consequence of e1000 using a workqueue for
> > > > some of its init code.  Maybe it would work better on an MP
> > > > machine instead of UP (giving e1000 a CPU to init on?).
> > > > I guess I'll have to switch from netconsole built-in to use a
> > > > loadable module instead.  That could work for some non-kernel-init
> > > > debugging, but this really needs to work for kernel init-time
> > > > debugging as well IMO.
> > > 
> > > That's an odd message. Are you specifying an IP address on the command
> > > line?
> > 
> > Yes, I am specifying a target IP address and a target MAC address.
> > Is that OK or should I not specify the IP address?
> 
> That's fine, but you also need to specify a _source_ IP address. If
> the interface is up and configured, we can use its IP address, but
> that obviously doesn't work at boot time.

Yep, that works.  Thanks, sorry for the trouble.

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~Randy
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