Bug#573007: NIC r8169 doesn t start at restart on kernel linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (workaround)

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

Would be even better with the script actually attached...

-- 
Florent

#! /bin/bash

interfaces="eth0 eth1"
max_attempts=15
exit_status=1

for attempt in $(seq 1 $max_attempts); do
    all_intf_ok=1
    for intf in $interfaces; do
        ifconfig $intf | grep >/dev/null "^[[:space:]]*inet addr:" \
          || { all_intf_ok=0; break; }
    done

    [ $all_intf_ok -eq 1 ] && { exit_status=0; break; }

    echo "Ethernet interfaces not properly initialized." \
        "Trying to fix that (attempt $attempt)..."
    n=$(echo "($RANDOM % 3) + 2" | bc)
    for i in $(seq 1 $n); do
        modprobe -r r8169; modprobe r8169
    done

    ifdown -a "$@"
    ifup -a "$@"
done

exit $exit_status