On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 04:27:51PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> 
> hardware: e1000 NIC in ThinkPad T42
> kernel:  2.6.16-rc5-mm3
> 
> I always get $subject message.  I changed the delay in
> net/core/netpoll.c from 4 seconds to 9 seconds, but it
> doesn't matter, the e1000 always finds Link is Up immediately
> after $subject message.
> 
> I suppose this is a consequence of e1000 using a workqueue for
> some of its init code.  Maybe it would work better on an MP
> machine instead of UP (giving e1000 a CPU to init on?).
> I guess I'll have to switch from netconsole built-in to use a
> loadable module instead.  That could work for some non-kernel-init
> debugging, but this really needs to work for kernel init-time
> debugging as well IMO.

That's an odd message. Are you specifying an IP address on the command
line?

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