1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index bf6c5cf31aed..efa1138fa523 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
         struct ic_device *d, **last;
         struct net_device *dev;
         unsigned short oflags;
-        unsigned long start;
+        unsigned long start, next_msg;
 
         last = &ic_first_dev;
         rtnl_lock();
@@ -263,12 +263,23 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
 
         /* wait for a carrier on at least one device */
         start = jiffies;
+        next_msg = start + msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT/12);
         while (jiffies - start < msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT)) {
+                int wait, elapsed;
+
                 for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev)
                         if (ic_is_init_dev(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev))
                                 goto have_carrier;
 
                 msleep(1);
+
+                if time_before(jiffies, next_msg)
+                        continue;
+
+                elapsed = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start);
+                wait = (CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT - elapsed + 500)/1000;
+                pr_info("Waiting up to %d more seconds for network.\n", wait);
+                next_msg = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT/12);
         }
 have_carrier:
         rtnl_unlock();