From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:09:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: network: prevent unnecessary interface down/up cycles if no mac address change is... 
X-Git-Tag: reboot~23325
X-Git-Url: http://git.openwrt.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=642870d0cc5cece00729b638b24e79dad1a7768b;p=openwrt%2Fopenwrt.git

network: prevent unnecessary interface down/up cycles if no mac address change is requested

SVN-Revision: 16269
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diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
index 808463df52..cefd559567 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -246,9 +246,10 @@ setup_interface() {
 	# Interface settings
 	config_get mtu "$config" mtu
 	config_get macaddr "$config" macaddr
-	grep "$iface:" /proc/net/dev > /dev/null && \
-		$DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" down && \
+	grep "$iface:" /proc/net/dev > /dev/null && {
+		[ -n "$macaddr" ] && $DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" down
 		$DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" ${macaddr:+hw ether "$macaddr"} ${mtu:+mtu $mtu} up
+	}
 	set_interface_ifname "$config" "$iface"
 
 	pidfile="/var/run/$iface.pid"