We have a server using an e1000e interface. When it is configured with a static IP, the bringup of the interface fails. The output of dmesg suggests that the initial startup of the device is being delayed just long enough for the ifconfig command to fail. dmesg|grep eth0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:19:21:4b:cb:30 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection eth0: MAC: 5, PHY: 6, PBA No: ffffff-0ff ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Configuring using DHCP works, but isn't an option for this installation. I'm not clear which ethtool options might help here, and in any case the ones involving link timing cannot be set in ifcfg-eth0 using ETHTOOL_OPTS, because they aren't part of the ethtool -s option set. I did try hand-setting the interface speed and duplex parameters, but that doesn't appear to matter one way or the other. The interface config file has NM_CONTROLLED=no, so I don't think this is a network manager issue, but I don't grok network manager, so I could be wrong. I can insert a workaround into rc.sysinit, but it isn't clear what the workaround would be. There are many mentions of this type of timeout error on the web, but I haven't found any that identify a solution for this. I have rated this "high" because there are a surprising number of e1000e servers out there whose configuration might be impeded by this issue. Please feel free to lower priority as appropriate.
You can delay initialization to wait for the link to come up by adding: LINKDELAY=n the the ifcfg file, where 'n' is the number of seconds to delay.
FYI, it takes up to a maximum of four seconds after adapter reset for link to come up. We have to reset the part to get it into a known state at boot and the reset brings the link down.
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corrected title, don't know if this will ever be worked on. Did you ever come up with a workaround?
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removing myself from needinfo, bug is already closed.