On Saturday 06 August 2005 11:22, Matt Mackall wrote: > On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 01:51:22AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > But why are we in a hurry to dump the backlog on the floor? Why are we > > > worrying about the performance of netpoll without the cable plugged in > > > at all? We shouldn't be optimizing the data loss case. > > > > Because a system shouldn't stall for minutes (or forever like right now) > > at boot just because the network cable isn't plugged in. > > Using netconsole without a network cable could well be classified as a > serious configuration error.
But please don't. An OS that slows to a crawl or crashes because a cable isn't plugged in an OS that deserves to be ridiculed. Silly timeouts on boot are scary and a waste of user's time. Regards, Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
