--- a/net/pppd.sh	2008-06-25 12:50:19.136643288 +0100
+++ b/net/pppd.sh	2008-11-19 12:53:03.505238098 +0100
@@ -136,13 +136,14 @@
 	fi
 
 	# Add plugins
-	local haspppoa=false haspppoe=false plugins="$(_get_array "plugins_${IFVAR}")"
+	local bluetooth=false haspppoa=false haspppoe=false plugins="$(_get_array "plugins_${IFVAR}")"
 	local IFS="$__IFS"
 	for i in ${plugins}; do
 		unset IFS
 		set -- ${i}
 		case "$1" in
 			passwordfd) continue;;
+			bluetooth) bluetooth=true; continue;;
 			pppoa) shift; set -- "pppoatm" "$@";;
 			pppoe) shift; set -- "rp-pppoe" "$@";;
 			capi) shift; set -- "capiplugin" "$@";;
@@ -193,6 +194,50 @@
 		fi
 
 	fi
+
+	if ${bluetooth}; then
+		if [ ! -f /sys/class/bluetooth/rfcomm ]; then
+			# Load the rfcomm kernel module
+			if ! modprobe rfcomm; then
+				eerror "kernel does not support rfcomm"
+				return 1
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		if [ ! -x "$(which sdptool)" ]; then
+			# Bluetooth tools are unavailble
+			if ! modprobe rfcomm; then
+				eerror "system does not have net-wireless/bluez-utils installed"
+				return 1
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		local channel hci_if= rfcomm_dev=
+		eval hci_if=\$hci_${IFVAR}
+		eval rfcomm_dev=\$rfcomm_${IFVAR}
+		[ -n "${hci_if}" ] || hci_if="hci0"
+		[ -n "${rfcomm_dev}" ] || rfcomm_dev="rfcomm$(( ${IFVAR#ppp} + 7 ))"
+		if [ "${link}" != "/dev/null" ]; then
+			channel=$(sdptool search --bdaddr "${link}" DUN |
+				egrep Channel |
+				cut -d:	-f2)
+			if [ -z ${channel} ]; then
+				eerror "failed to locate bluetooth DUN service on ${link}"
+				return 1
+			fi
+			if [ -c /dev/${rfcomm_dev} ]; then
+			    rfcomm -i "${hci_if}" release "${rfcomm_dev}"
+			fi
+			if ! ( rfcomm -i "${hci_if}" bind "${rfcomm_dev}" "${link}" "$channel" ); then 
+				eerror "failed to bind rfcomm device ${rfcomm_dev} to ${link} channel ${channel}"
+				return 1
+			fi				
+			link="/dev/${rfcomm_dev}"
+		else
+			ewarn "WARNING: A BD Address was expected in link_${IFVAR}"
+		fi
+
+	fi
 	[ "${insert_link_in_opts}" = "0" ] || opts="${link} ${opts}"
 
 	ebegin "Starting pppd in ${IFACE}"