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etc/defaults/rc.conf: Add -i flag to rtsol/rtsold

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etc/defaults/rc.conf: Add -i flag to rtsol/rtsold

This disables the random (between zero and one seconds) delay before
rtsol and rtsold send a a Router Solicitation packet. This delay is
specified as a SHOULD by RFC 4861 for avoidance of network congestion,
but network speeds have increased enough in the 25 years since this
first appeared (in RFC 1970) that it seems unnecessary as a default
at this point.

This speeds up the FreeBSD boot process by an average of 500 ms.

Reviewed by: kp
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: https://www.patreon.com/cperciva
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33089

(cherry picked from commit e29711da2352dae50c575ab884399a6147e9444d)

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cpercivaAuthored on Nov 22 2021, 9:51 PM
Reviewer
kp
Differential Revision
D33089: etc/defaults/rc.conf: Add -i flag to rtsol/rtsold
Parents
rGd03a8d181cfe: randomdev: Remove 100 ms sleep from write routine
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