Bug 470327 - ifup eth0 causes link renegotiation and doesn't wait long enough
Summary: ifup eth0 causes link renegotiation and doesn't wait long enough
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: initscripts
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-11-06 18:31 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:16 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-11-06 19:28:49 UTC
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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.
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