Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:28:37 +0000 (UTC) From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r204129 - head/sys/boot/powerpc/ofw Message-ID: <201002201628.o1KGSbPO056450@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: nwhitehorn Date: Sat Feb 20 16:28:37 2010 New Revision: 204129 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/204129 Log: Enable NETIF_OPEN_CLOSE_ONCE on PowerPC OFW. This fixes netbooting on PowerPC Book-S hardware, which had been broken for a very long time. Submitted by: Andreas Tobler MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/sys/boot/powerpc/ofw/Makefile Modified: head/sys/boot/powerpc/ofw/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/sys/boot/powerpc/ofw/Makefile Sat Feb 20 16:23:29 2010 (r204128) +++ head/sys/boot/powerpc/ofw/Makefile Sat Feb 20 16:28:37 2010 (r204129) @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ CFLAGS+= -DBOOT_FORTH -I${.CURDIR}/../.. LIBFICL= ${.OBJDIR}/../../ficl/libficl.a .endif +# Avoid the open-close-dance for every file access as some firmwares perform +# an auto-negotiation on every open of the network interface and thus causes +# netbooting to take horribly long. +CFLAGS+= -DNETIF_OPEN_CLOSE_ONCE + # Always add MI sources .PATH: ${.CURDIR}/../../common .include "${.CURDIR}/../../common/Makefile.inc"
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