netpoll: Introduce netpoll_carrier_timeout kernel option
Some PHYs require longer timeouts for carrier detection, and
auto-negotiation process may take indefinite amount of time.
It may be inconvenient to force longer timeouts for sane PHYs,
so let's introduce a kernel command line option.
Since we're using module_param(), the option also can be
changed in runtime.
Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index d77fbd8..9347f4ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1531,6 +1531,11 @@
symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
+ netpoll.carrier_timeout=
+ [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
+ netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
+ waits 4 seconds.
+
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
is present.
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 9675f31..3afe381 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
* Copyright (C) 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
*/
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@
static void zap_completion_queue(void);
static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb);
+static unsigned int carrier_timeout = 4;
+module_param(carrier_timeout, uint, 0644);
+
static void queue_process(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct netpoll_info *npinfo =
@@ -732,7 +736,7 @@
}
atleast = jiffies + HZ/10;
- atmost = jiffies + 4*HZ;
+ atmost = jiffies + carrier_timeout * HZ;
while (!netif_carrier_ok(ndev)) {
if (time_after(jiffies, atmost)) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE