write out the output of ifconfig to /tmp for backward compatibility.

[bootcd.git] / conf_files / pl_netinit

diff --git a/conf_files/pl_netinit b/conf_files/pl_netinit
index bff9e90..baa706b 100644 (file)
--- a/conf_files/pl_netinit
+++ b/conf_files/pl_netinit
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ FLOPPY_FS_TYPES="msdos,ext2"
 FLOPPY_MOUNT_POINT=/mnt/floppy
 /bin/mkdir -p $FLOPPY_MOUNT_POINT
 
+# for some backwards compatibility, save the ifconfig <device>
+# output to this file
+IFCONFIG_OUTPUT=/tmp/ifconfig
+
 
 net_init_failed()
 {
@@ -219,5 +223,8 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+# for backwards compatibility
+/sbin/ifconfig $ETH_DEVICE > $IFCONFIG_OUTPUT
+
 echo "pl_netinit: network online"