e1000 still

[Ed Brown]

I don't believe there is a need to wait 30 or 45 seconds for spanning
tree calculations on the switch.  There is something much more subtle
going on here.  As I mentioned before, we've tried capturing traffic
with a passive analyzer between the box being built and the switch, and
just this change to the network connections allow the install to proceed
normally (as does inserting a small 10/100 hub inline, or replacing the
gig switch with a 100Mb switch.)  It isn't about spanning tree
calculations on the switch, I think there is some sub-second change in
the characteristics of the negotiation or anaconda's network setup, when
spanning tree is on or off, that make a difference.

-Ed



On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 07:51, James_Martin at ao.uscourts.gov wrote:
> I agree.  The less hacking the better.  Red Hat could easily put a sleep 
> variable in the init.c that is set at the syslinux command line.  Have you 
> type something like:
> 
> linux network_wait=30
> 
> That parameter would then be passed to init which would then wait the 
> specified amount of time.  Changing your network configuration to 
> accommodate a operating system install is ridiculous.
> 
> Jeremy/Paul, opinions?
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> James S. Martin, RHCE
> Contractor
> Administrative Office of the United States Courts
> Washington, DC
> (202) 502-2394
> 
> kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com wrote on 03/21/2005 07:42:13 PM:
> 
> > On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 15:29, James_Martin at ao.uscourts.gov wrote:
> > > This is an age old problem going back to my RH 7.2 days. 
> > 
> > Yes, this is old news, hashed over on several lists, in many threads. 
> > James solution may help the original post-er to this thread, who was
> > doing remote installs, with no access to the switches. 
> > 
> > The point, or mine anyway, is that hacking the code or having to modify
> > switch configurations to be able to install the OS, are poor
> > alternatives to be faced with.  How is this not a problem with anaconda,
> > and why hasn't RedHat owned it / fixed it? 
> > 
> > -Ed 
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