interface: revert part of commit 18120 (eth aliases work again)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/networking/interface.c b/networking/interface.c
index 2c5f3284e..b1b935e7e 100644
--- a/networking/interface.c
+++ b/networking/interface.c
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static inline int procnetdev_version(char *buf)
         return 0;
 }
 
-/* Used only if "/proc/net/dev" isn't available */
 static int if_readconf(void)
 {
         int numreqs = 30;
@@ -592,7 +591,11 @@ static int if_readlist_proc(char *target)
 
 static int if_readlist(void)
 {
-        return if_readlist_proc(NULL);
+        int err = if_readlist_proc(NULL);
+        /* Needed in order to get ethN:M aliases */
+        if (!err)
+                err = if_readconf();
+        return err;
 }
 
 static int for_all_interfaces(int (*doit) (struct interface *, void *),