From 405a2061e571e5ebdbd5167773fd7ca05fcbbd8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rayner <james@archlinux.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:44:15 +1000
Subject: Fix cable check and handle devices which take some time to report
 state=up. FS#13334

---
 src/connections/ethernet | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/connections/ethernet')

diff --git a/src/connections/ethernet b/src/connections/ethernet
index 9ec27fb..a0408e5 100644
--- a/src/connections/ethernet
+++ b/src/connections/ethernet
@@ -11,18 +11,19 @@ ethernet_up() {
         fi
     fi  
 
-    # Connection check
-	if ip link show "$INTERFACE"|grep -q "NO-CARRIER"; then
-        err_append "no connection available"	
-    	return 1
-    fi
+    ip link set $INTERFACE up
 
-	ifconfig "$INTERFACE" up
-    
-    # Some hardware is not immediately ready after ifconfig up
-    while ip link show $INTERFACE|grep -q "state UNKNOWN"; do
+    let timeout=0
+    until ip link show $INTERFACE|grep -q "state UP"
+    do
         sleep 0.5
+        let timeout++
+        if  [[ $timeout -eq 5 ]]; then
+            err_append "No connection"
+            return 1
+        fi
     done
+    
 
     if checkyesno "${AUTH8021X:-no}"; then 
         . "${SUBR_DIR}"/8021x
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