From 50b08e7b85085169459dd971b711f712744598ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Will Woods <wwoods@redhat.com>

Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:46:21 -0400

Subject: [PATCH] fix ifup for static ipv6

"brd +" is not valid for ipv6. This causes the 'ip addr add' command to

fail with the message "Broadcast can be set only for IPv4 addresses".

So: don't use "brd +" for ipv6.

---

 modules.d/40network/ifup.sh |    9 ++++++---

 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules.d/40network/ifup.sh b/modules.d/40network/ifup.sh

index 35ae3c6..ae434a8 100755

--- a/modules.d/40network/ifup.sh

+++ b/modules.d/40network/ifup.sh

@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ do_static() {

     wait_for_if_up $netif

     [ -n "$macaddr" ] && ip link set address $macaddr

     [ -n "$mtu" ] && ip link set mtu $mtu

-    # do not flush addr for ipv6

-    strstr $ip '*:*:*' || \

+    if strstr $ip '*:*:*'; then

+        # note no ip addr flush for ipv6

+        ip addr add $ip/$mask dev $netif

+    else

         ip addr flush dev $netif

-    ip addr add $ip/$mask brd + dev $netif

+        ip addr add $ip/$mask brd + dev $netif

+    fi

     [ -n "$gw" ] && echo ip route add default via $gw dev $netif > /tmp/net.$netif.gw

     [ -n "$hostname" ] && echo "echo $hostname > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname" > /tmp/net.$netif.hostname