add option for setting the mac address (#1014)

git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@5690 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73

diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
index 90f5bf7..8188203 100755 (executable)
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ setup_interface() {
        local iface="$1"
        local config="$2"
        local proto
+       local macaddr
 
        [ -n "$config" ] || {
                config=$(find_config "$iface")
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ setup_interface() {
        config_get iftype "$config" type
        
        ifconfig "$iface" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null && {
-               # make sure the interface is removed from any existing bridge
+               # make sure the interface is removed from any existing bridge and brought down
+               ifconfig "$iface" down
                unbridge "$iface"
        }
 
@@ -101,7 +103,8 @@ setup_interface() {
        
        # Interface settings
        config_get mtu "$config" mtu
-       $DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" ${mtu:+mtu $mtu} up
+       config_get macddr "$config" macaddr
+       $DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" ${macaddr:+hw ether "$macaddr"} ${mtu:+mtu $mtu} up
 
        pidfile="/var/run/$iface.pid"
        case "$proto" in