Attachment 310936 Details for Bug 453973 – patch to support tap device creation on boot

[patch] patch to support tap device creation on boot

ifup-eth.patch (text/plain), 1.25 KB, created by Scott Zahn on 2008-07-03 15:52:54 UTC

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Creator: Scott Zahn

Created: 2008-07-03 15:52:54 UTC

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>--- ifup-eth.old        2008-07-02 16:34:06.000000000 -0400
>+++ ifup-eth    2008-07-02 18:41:09.000000000 -0400
>@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
>     fi
> fi
> 
>+# If the device is a bridge, create it with brctl, if available.
> if [ "${TYPE}" = "Bridge" ]; then
>       if [ ! -x /usr/sbin/brctl ]; then
>          echo $"Bridge support not available: brctl not found"
>@@ -69,6 +70,16 @@
>       [ -n "${STP}" ] && /usr/sbin/brctl stp ${DEVICE} ${STP}
> fi
> 
>+# If the device is a tap device, create it with tunctl, if available.
>+if [ "${TYPE}" = "Tap" ]; then
>+      if [ ! -x /usr/sbin/tunctl ]; then
>+          echo $"Tap support not available: tunctl not found"
>+          exit 1
>+      fi
>+      [ -n "${OWNER}" ] && OWNER="-u ${OWNER}"
>+      /usr/sbin/tunctl ${OWNER} -t ${DEVICE} > /dev/null
>+fi
>+
> # now check the real state
> is_available ${REALDEVICE} || {
>       if [ -n "$alias" ]; then
>@@ -82,6 +93,7 @@
> # is the device wireless? If so, configure wireless device specifics
> is_wireless_device ${DEVICE} && . ./ifup-wireless
> 
>+# If the device is part of a bridge, add the device to the bridge
> if [ -n "${BRIDGE}" -a -x /usr/sbin/brctl ]; then
>       if ! LC_ALL=C /usr/sbin/brctl show | LC_ALL=C grep -q "^${BRIDGE}       "; then
>          /usr/sbin/brctl addbr ${BRIDGE} 2>/dev/null
>

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