[arch-projects] [PATCH] [initscripts] network: Add missing broadcast address

Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar
Thu Jun 9 00:04:28 EDT 2011


Without this broadcast address is not set.

Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>
---
 network |    4 ++--
 rc.conf |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/network b/network
index b8c900d..06131a2 100755
--- a/network
+++ b/network
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ network_up() {
 	ip link set dev $interface up || return 1
 
 	if [[ $address ]]; then
-		for var in netmask gateway; do
+		for var in netmask broadcast gateway; do
 			if [[ -z ${!var} ]]; then
 				printf "${C_FAIL}Error: static address defined without $var!\n"
 				return 1
 			fi
 		done
-		ip addr add $address/$netmask dev $interface || return 1
+		ip addr add $address/$netmask broadcast $broadcast dev $interface || return 1
 		ip route add default via $gateway || return 1
 	else
 		dhcpcd $DHCPCD_ARGS $interface || return 1
diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf
index b9c468a..36fd4c7 100644
--- a/rc.conf
+++ b/rc.conf
@@ -65,12 +65,14 @@ HOSTNAME="myhost"
 #   - interface: name of device (required)
 #   - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
 #   - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP)
+#   - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP)
 #   - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
 # 
 # Static IP example
 # interface=eth0
 # address=192.168.0.2
 # netmask=255.255.255.0
+# broadcast=192.168.0.255
 # gateway=192.168.0.1
 #
 # DHCP example
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ HOSTNAME="myhost"
 interface=
 address=
 netmask=
+broadcast=
 gateway=
 
 # Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
-- 
1.7.5.2



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