1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index c0e9e812e..0f90102f0 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ static char *parse(const char *command, struct interface_defn_t *ifd)
                                 varvalue = get_var(command, nextpercent - command, ifd);
 
                                 if (varvalue) {
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
+                                        /* "hwaddress <class> <address>":
+                                         * unlike ifconfig, ip doesnt want <class>
+                                         * (usually "ether" keyword). Skip it. */
+                                        if (strncmp(command, "hwaddress", 9) == 0) {
+                                                varvalue = skip_whitespace(skip_non_whitespace(varvalue));
+                                        }
+#endif
                                         addstr(&result, varvalue, strlen(varvalue));
                                 } else {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
@@ -489,7 +497,11 @@ static int dhcp_up(struct interface_defn_t *ifd, execfn *exec)
         unsigned i;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
         /* ip doesn't up iface when it configures it (unlike ifconfig) */
-        if (!execute("ip link set %iface% up", ifd, exec))
+        if (!execute("ip link set[[ address %hwaddress%]] %iface% up", ifd, exec))
+                return 0;
+#else
+        /* needed if we have hwaddress on dhcp iface */
+        if (!execute("ifconfig %iface%[[ hw %hwaddress%]] up", ifd, exec))
                 return 0;
 #endif
         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ext_dhcp_clients); i++) {
@@ -504,7 +516,11 @@ static int dhcp_up(struct interface_defn_t *ifd, execfn *exec)
 {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
         /* ip doesn't up iface when it configures it (unlike ifconfig) */
-        if (!execute("ip link set %iface% up", ifd, exec))
+        if (!execute("ip link set[[ address %hwaddress%]] %iface% up", ifd, exec))
+                return 0;
+#else
+        /* needed if we have hwaddress on dhcp iface */
+        if (!execute("ifconfig %iface%[[ hw %hwaddress%]] up", ifd, exec))
                 return 0;
 #endif
         return execute("udhcpc -R -n -p /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid "