tentative hybrid code for 27 and 29

diff --git a/initscripts/pl_netinit b/initscripts/pl_netinit
index 639a255..8422065 100755 (executable)
--- a/initscripts/pl_netinit
+++ b/initscripts/pl_netinit
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ done
 
 # actually check to make sure ifconfig <device> succeeds
 
-/usr/libexec/nm-ifup $ETH_DEVICE >& /dev/null || {
+verbose-message Initializing $ETH_DEVICE
+/usr/libexec/nm-ifup $ETH_DEVICE || /sbin/ifconfig $ETH_DEVICE up || {
     verbose-message "pl_netinit: device $ETH_DEVICE does not exist, most likely"
     verbose-message "pl_netinit: this CD does not have hardware support for your"
     verbose-message "pl_netinit: network adapter. please send the following lines"
@@ -305,11 +306,11 @@ done
     net-init-failed
 }
 
-verbose-message "pl_netinit: attempting to start networking"
-/sbin/service network start
-
-# for backwards compatibility
-/sbin/ifconfig $ETH_DEVICE > $IFCONFIG_OUTPUT
+# my understanding is this is used to upload to MyPLC
+# details like mac addresses and the like
+# for backwards compatibility, in a best-effort manner,
+# we try and compensate for the disappearance of ifconfig
+( /sbin/ifconfig $ETH_DEVICE || ip address show $ETH_DEVICE ) > $IFCONFIG_OUTPUT
 
 verbose-message "pl_netinit: network online"