Link down after restart service. It seems like you need some timeout waiting interface to up. Some errors on 0.7.1 and 0.5.1 Reproducible: Always # cat /etc/conf.d/net config_net0="192.168.99.128/24" routes_net0="default via 192.168.99.98" # /etc/init.d/net.net0 restart * Bringing down interface net0 * Bringing up interface net0 * 192.168.99.128/24 ... [ ok ] * Adding routes * default via 192.168.99.98 ... Error: Nexthop has invalid gateway. # ip l 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: net0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 90:1b:0e:02:8e:7d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff # /etc/init.d/net.net0 start * WARNING: net.net0 has already been started support /etc/init.d # /etc/init.d/net.net0 zap * Manually resetting net.net0 to stopped state support /etc/init.d # /etc/init.d/net.net0 start * Bringing up interface net0 * 192.168.99.128/24 ... RTNETLINK answers: File exists * Address 192.168.99.128/24 already existed! * 2: net0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000 inet 192.168.99.128/24 brd 192.168.99.255 scope global net0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever [ ok ] * Adding routes * default via 192.168.99.98 ... # ip l 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: net0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 90:1b:0e:02:8e:7d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Maybe it's related to #547942 ( https://bugs.gentoo.org/547942 )?
the problem disappeared after updating from 4.19 to 5.8
