3 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb4f3f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+DEVICE=lo
+IPADDR=127.0.0.1
+NETMASK=255.0.0.0
+NETWORK=127.0.0.0
+# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
+# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
+BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
+ONBOOT=yes
+NAME=loopback
diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
index f1aad49c..00f650fd 100755
--- a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
+++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
@@ -89,13 +89,15 @@ fi
 # is this device available? (this catches PCMCIA devices for us)
 LC_ALL= LANG= ip -o link | grep -q ${REALDEVICE}
 if [ "$?" = "1" ]; then
-    echo $"Device does not seem to be present, delaying ${DEVICE} initialization."
-    exit 1
+    modprobe -c | grep -q ${REALDEVICE} && modprobe ${REALDEVICE} || {
+      echo $"Device does not seem to be present, delaying ${DEVICE} initialization."
+      exit 1
+    }
 fi
-if [ -n "${MACADDR}" ]; then
+if [ -n "${HWADDR}" ]; then
     FOUNDMACADDR=`LC_ALL= LANG= ip -o link show ${REALDEVICE} | \
 	sed 's/.*link\/ether \([[:alnum:]:]*\).*/\1/'`
-    if [ "${FOUNDMACADDR}" != "${MACADDR}" ]; then
+    if [ "${FOUNDMACADDR}" != "${HWADDR}" ]; then
 	echo $"Device ${DEVICE} has different MAC address than expected, ignoring."
 	exit 1
     fi
@@ -179,11 +181,11 @@ else
     fi
   
     if [ -z "${NETMASK}" ]; then
-	eval `/bin/ipcalc --prefix ${IPADDR}`
+	eval `/bin/ipcalc --netmask ${IPADDR}`
     fi
 
     if [ -z "${PREFIX}" ]; then
-	eval `/bin/ipcalc --prefix ${NETMASK}`
+	eval `/bin/ipcalc --prefix ${IPADDR} ${NETMASK}`
     fi
 
     if [ -z "${BROADCAST}" ]; then
@@ -218,9 +220,9 @@ else
     # update ARP cache of neighboring computers
     arping -q -A -c 1 -I ${DEVICE} ${IPADDR}
     ( sleep 2;
-      arping -q -U -c 1 -I ${DEVICE} ${IPADDR} ) >& /dev/null < /dev/null &
-    ip route add unreachable 224.0.0.0/24 >& /dev/null
-    ip route add unreachable 255.255.255.255 >& /dev/null
+      arping -q -U -c 1 -I ${DEVICE} ${IPADDR} ) > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null &
+    ip route add unreachable 224.0.0.0/24 > /dev/null 2>&1
+    ip route add unreachable 255.255.255.255 > /dev/null 2>&1
 
     # if the device is multicast enabled, add a default multicast route
     if [ `ip link ls ${DEVICE} | grep -c MULTICAST` -ge 1 ]; then
diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions b/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
index fdd4a211..3dbe4b96 100644
--- a/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
+++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ check_link_down ()
 
 check_default_route ()
 {
-   return ip route | grep -q default
+   ip route | grep -q default
+   return $?
 }
 
 find_gateway_dev ()