[OE-core] [PATCH v2] initrd: add recovery feature

[Burton, Ross]

On 14 November 2012 19:39, Radu Moisan <radu.moisan at intel.com> wrote:
> Well, I didn't see any side effects. If there are side effects I'll remove
> the timeout but please point out to me some of those. Anyway, I thought
> about this more like a safety net because I've noticed "settle" has some
> history with hanging the system boot more that it should in some
> circumstances.

Your average Intel, qemu, or fast ARM test hardware can easily settle
in under three seconds.  The problem is when you have either slow
hardware, or hardware with lots of storage devices to enumerate.

Ross