Re: [PATCH V2] ipconfig: Inform user if carrier is not ready

On 09/14/2012 12:08 PM, Erwan Velu wrote:

From: Erwan Velu <redacted>

While using the ip= option at the cmdline, the kernel can hold the boot
process for 2 minutes (CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT) if the carrier is not
present.

While waiting the carrier, user is not informed about this situation and
so could think the kernel is frozen.

If we don't get the carrier after some seconds, let's display a message to
inform the user about the remaining time before reaching the timeout.

That should be much better than upwards of 120 messages.

rick jones