Bug#511085: 60 seconds timeout for ipconfig is not enough

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

severity 511085 grave
stop

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 12:34:47PM +0100, Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.92n
> 
> Hi,
> 
> in 0.92m, the timeout for ipconfig in scripts/functions was set to 60
> seconds. This broke our iscsi-rootfs setups.
> 
> It took me a while to debug this, but it seems that 60 seconds is not
> enough for switches which have spanning-tree enabled, they need some
> more time before they take up a port, in our case between 62 and 65
> seconds.
> 
> Please raise the timeout to 90 or 120 seconds.
> 
>         Norbert
> 

thanks for letting know!

i'll push up to 180 to be on the safe side.


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maks