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diff --git a/doc/net.example.Linux.in b/doc/net.example.Linux.in index eb09a48..70ae4e9 100644 --- a/doc/net.example.Linux.in +++ b/doc/net.example.Linux.in @@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ # tables you may have to set a global metric as the due to a simple read of # the routing table taking over a minute at a time. +# Most drivers that report carrier status function correctly, but some do not +# One of these faulty drivers is for the Intel e1000 network card, but only +# at boot time. To get around this you may alter the carrier_timeout value for +# the interface. 0 is disable and any other number of seconds is how +# long we wait for carrier. The current default is disabled. +#carrier_timeout_eth0=0 + # You may wish to disable the interface being brought down when stopping. # This is only of use for WakeOnLan. #ifdown_eth0="NO" @@ -1130,11 +1137,6 @@ # Hypothetical network card that requires a change-eeprom toggle to enable flashing #ethtool_order_eth0="change-eeprom flash change pause coalesce ring offload nfc rxfh-indir ntuple" -# Set carrier detection timeout. -# This allows the interface to only start if there is a carrier. The -# default setting is 0 which means to ignore this. -# carrier_timeout_eth0=0 - ############################################################################## # ADVANCED CONFIGURATION # |