Bug 470327

Summary:	ifup eth0 causes link renegotiation and doesn't wait long enough
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Need Real Name <karlcz>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Need Real Name 2008-11-06 18:31:16 UTC

Description of problem:

On my Intel Cantiga laptop using e1000e driver, the link negotiation seems to take a long time on certain LANs. The ifup process fails because it resets the link and does not wait long enough for the link to become ready.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

initscripts-8.85-1 from 10-Preview release

How reproducible:

Not always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot computer with LAN cable attached and ONBOOT=yes config
2. LAN isn't ready soon enough
3. eth0 is not configured
  
Actual results:

No net is configured.

Expected results:

Process should wait longer for LAN link and then do DHCP config.

Additional info:

I think this may be an environment where the hardware is having trouble deciding whether to use 1000baseT or 100baseT speeds, so it takes longer.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2008-11-06 19:28:49 UTC

You can set LINKDELAY in your ifcfg file to choose a more appropriate delay for your system.