1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta-extras/packages/networkmanager/files/allow-disabling.patch b/meta-extras/packages/networkmanager/files/allow-disabling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10730e9fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-extras/packages/networkmanager/files/allow-disabling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+Allow interfaces to be ignored by networkmanager by creation of a
+/etc/network/nm-disabled-INTERFACENAME file.
+
+RP - 16/7/2008
+
+Index: trunk/src/backends/NetworkManagerDebian.c
+===================================================================
+--- trunk.orig/src/backends/NetworkManagerDebian.c      2008-07-15 19:23:11.000000000 +0100
++++ trunk/src/backends/NetworkManagerDebian.c   2008-07-15 19:37:05.000000000 +0100
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
++#include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include <arpa/inet.h>
+ #include "NetworkManagerGeneric.h"
+@@ -374,12 +375,25 @@
+ /*
+  * nm_system_device_get_disabled
+  *
+- * Return whether the distro-specific system config tells us to use
+- * dhcp for this device.
++ * Return whether the distro-specific system config tells us to interact
++ * with this device.
+  *
+  */
+ gboolean nm_system_device_get_disabled (NMDevice *dev)
+ {
++       struct stat statbuf;
++       gchar *filepath;
++
++       g_return_val_if_fail (dev != NULL, FALSE);
++
++       filepath = g_strdup_printf (SYSCONFDIR"/network/nm-disabled-%s", nm_device_get_iface (dev));
++
++       if (stat(filepath, &statbuf) == 0) {
++               g_free(filepath);
++               return TRUE;
++       }
++
++       g_free(filepath);
+        return FALSE;
+ }
+