Add a new rc.conf variable, cloned_interfaces, to create cloned

interfaces at boot.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/rc.network b/etc/rc.network
index 2bf0b58..b715539 100644
--- a/etc/rc.network
+++ b/etc/rc.network
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ network_pass1() {
 		;;
 	esac
 
+	# Attempt to create cloned interfaces.
+	for ifn in ${cloned_interfaces}; do
+		ifconfig ${ifn} create
+	done
+
 	# Special options for sppp(4) interfaces go here.  These need
 	# to go _before_ the general ifconfig section, since in the case
 	# of hardwired (no link1 flag) but required authentication, you
@@ -151,6 +156,9 @@ network_pass1() {
 	[Aa][Uu][Tt][Oo])
 		network_interfaces="`ifconfig -l`"
 		;;
+	*)
+		network_interfaces="${network_interfaces} ${cloned_interfaces}"
+		;;
 	esac
 
 	dhcp_interfaces=""
@@ -795,7 +803,8 @@ network_gif_setup() {
 				continue
 				;;
 			*)
-				ifconfig $i create tunnel ${peers}
+				ifconfig $i create >/dev/null 2>&1
+				ifconfig $i tunnel ${peers}
 				;;
 			esac
 		done