For some reason the patch wouldn't apply.

net.lo.rej (text/plain), 806 bytes, created by Joe Stroller on 2005-01-12 05:56:44 UTC

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  	# 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
  
  	# Setup variables for pre/post to use
  	ifvar=$( interface_variable ${iface} )
--- 661,675 ----
  	# but eth0 has not been loaded then the module gets loaded as
  	# eth0.
  	# Not much we can do about this :(
+ 	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} )