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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: make driver settling time configurable
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To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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On 2/5/24 15:06, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 12:44:40PM +0100, David Ventura wrote:
>> During IP auto configuration, some drivers apparently need to wait a
>> certain length of time to settle; as this is not true for all drivers,
>> make this length of time configurable.
> Do you see this problem with multiple drivers, or just one in
> particular. To me this seems like a driver bug, and you are just
> papering over the cracks.
>
> 	Andrew

I haven't seen any problems -- I assumed that some drivers need to wait, 
given