[patch] removes addresses when configuring device

net.lo.patch (text/plain), 604 bytes, created by Roy Marples (RETIRED) on 2005-01-11 03:08:23 UTC

--- /etc/init.d/net.lo
+++ /etc/init.d/net.lo
@@ -661,7 +661,15 @@
 	# but eth0 has not been loaded then the module gets loaded as
 	# eth0.
 	# Not much we can do about this :(
-	! interface_exists ${iface} && /sbin/modprobe ${iface} &>/dev/null
+	if ! interface_exists ${iface} ; then
+		if ! /sbin/modprobe ${iface} &>/dev/null ; then
+			eerror "${iface} does not exist"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	else
+		# There may be existing ip address info - so we strip it
+		interface_del_addresses ${iface}
+	fi
 
 	# Setup variables for pre/post to use
 	ifvar=$( interface_variable ${iface} )