From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:31:13 +0100 Subject: package/base-files: change sysctl handling Add hotplug script that applies interface specific sysctls for interfaces that only appear later - this allows to reliably configure per-interface parameters in sysctl.conf, e.g. to disable ipv6 autoconfig on a specific iface. Cherry-picked from Barrier Breaker diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/net/00-sysctl b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/net/00-sysctl new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d9da8a --- /dev/null +++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/net/00-sysctl @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +if [ -f /etc/sysctl.conf ] && [ "$ACTION" = add ]; then + sed -ne "/^[[:space:]]*net\..*\.$DEVICENAME\./p" /etc/sysctl.conf | \ + sysctl -e -p - | logger -t sysctl +fi