[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: nfs: add dynamic wait period

Joe Hershberger joe.hershberger at gmail.com
Fri Apr 12 15:56:20 CEST 2013


Hi Matthias and Enric,

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Enric Balletbo Serra
<eballetbo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 2013/1/26 Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg at gmail.com>
>>
>> 2012/12/11 Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg at gmail.com>:
>> > This patch tackles the time out problem which leads to break the
>> > boot process, when loading file over nfs. The patch does two things.
>> >
>> > First of all, we just ignore messages that arrive with a rpc_id smaller
>> > then the client id. We just interpret this messages as answers to
>> > formaly timed out messages.
>> >
>> > Second, when a time out occurs we double the time to wait, so that we
>> > do not stress the server resending the last message.
>>
>> Any comment on the patch?
>>
>> Hi Joe and Wolfgang,
>>
>> any comment on this?
>
>
> I had a problem when I tried to load via NFS. Firstly I tried to load the
> dtb image via NFS, secondly I tried to load the kernel image but if it
> doesn't work and the file is never loaded.
>
> Applying this patch solved the problem, but seems nobody acked or answered
> Matthias. Is this patch the proper fix ? In that case it's possible to apply
> ? If not, any comments how to solve this problem.
>
> Best regards,
>     Enric

I apologize for the tardiness of dealing with patches this release
cycle.  I've been swamped at work.  I'll get to these soon.

Enric, would you like to send a Tested-by?

Thanks,
-Joe


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