5 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/apps/nshlib/Kconfig b/apps/nshlib/Kconfig
index f1427687c..429953fcc 100644
--- a/apps/nshlib/Kconfig
+++ b/apps/nshlib/Kconfig
@@ -873,7 +873,11 @@ config NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_STACKSIZE
 
 config NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY
 	int "Network initialization thread priority"
-	default 100
+	default 80
+	---help---
+		This should be set to a priority lower than most tasks.  The network
+		PHY polling is CPU intensive and can interfere with the usability of
+		of threads competing for CPU bandwidth.
 
 endif # NSH_NETINIT_THREAD
 
diff --git a/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/ipv6/defconfig b/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/ipv6/defconfig
index b9bf29381..cc8b0a9f5 100644
--- a/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/ipv6/defconfig
+++ b/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/ipv6/defconfig
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_SIGNO=18
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_RETRYMSEC=2000
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_STACKSIZE=1568
-CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=100
+CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=80
 
 #
 # IP Address Configuration
diff --git a/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/nsh/defconfig b/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/nsh/defconfig
index 571a9ade4..2ae180a17 100644
--- a/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/nuttx/configs/dk-tm4c129x/nsh/defconfig
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_SIGNO=18
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_RETRYMSEC=2000
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_STACKSIZE=1568
-CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=100
+CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=80
 
 #
 # IP Address Configuration
diff --git a/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/ipv6/defconfig b/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/ipv6/defconfig
index 89c4e3077..c80720772 100644
--- a/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/ipv6/defconfig
+++ b/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/ipv6/defconfig
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_SIGNO=18
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_RETRYMSEC=2000
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_STACKSIZE=1568
-CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=100
+CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=80
 
 #
 # IP Address Configuration
diff --git a/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/nsh/defconfig b/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/nsh/defconfig
index 5170a9a53..903750cb1 100644
--- a/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/nuttx/configs/tm4c1294-launchpad/nsh/defconfig
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_SIGNO=18
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_RETRYMSEC=2000
 CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_STACKSIZE=1568
-CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=100
+CONFIG_NSH_NETINIT_THREAD_PRIORITY=80
 
 #
 # IP Address Configuration