From 6f4946607ac728f473033dcbabffaaa8b5f3a275 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralph Ronnquist <rrq@rrq.au>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:32:34 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Revised network startup to handle the ifup case better.

---
 functions | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 8d2d5f3..959d762 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ setup_veth_cables() {
 	    # set up veth with specified mac address
 	    ip link add $IF type veth peer name eth$i address $MAC netns $NETNS
 	fi
-	ip link set $IF up
 	BR="${C%=*}"
 	if [ -z "$BR" ] ; then
-	    ifup $IF
+	    ifup $IF || ip link set $IF up
 	else
+	    ip link set $IF up
 	    brctl addif $BR $IF
 	fi
 	i=$((i+1))
-- 
2.39.2