NFS based /usr prevents normal startup due to slow net init

[Doug Barton]

Steven Hartland wrote:

> Although that sounds like a possible solution I wouldnt
> be suprised if there are other services which REQUIRE
> "NETWORKING" and make assumptions about the network
> state which are currently invalid.
> 
> Given this perhaps NETWORKING is where this fix should
> really be implemented?

The scripts whose names are in all caps are just placeholders, so they
don't have any real code. This idea of a wait state for networking to
come up has been discussed before on freebsd-rc@, and the conclusion
reached was more or less on the lines of:

1. It should happen in netif
2. Whether to wait or not should be configurable, and default to off
3. How long to wait should be configurable (n seconds, minutes, hours,
infinity)

So, if someone wants to code up some patches, and send them to
freebsd-rc@ to review, please feel free. Also see
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=90863 for an interesting
related discussion.

hth,

Doug

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