--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 27_support_staticip.dpatch by <mru@grml.org>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: No description.
+
+@DPATCH@
+
+diff --git a/scripts/live b/scripts/live
+index 5681362..bf20cce 100755
+--- a/scripts/live
++++ b/scripts/live
+@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@ Arguments ()
+ ;;
+
+ ethdevice=*)
+- DEVICE="${ARGUMENT#ethdevice=}"
+- ETHDEVICE="${DEVICE}"
+- export DEVICE ETHDEVICE
++ ETHDEVICE="${ARGUMENT#ethdevice=}"
++ export ETHDEVICE
+ ;;
+
+ ethdevice-timeout=*)
+@@ -150,13 +149,9 @@ Arguments ()
+ ;;
+
+ ip=*)
+- STATICIP="${ARGUMENT#ip=}"
+-
+- if [ -z "${STATICIP}" ]
+- then
+- STATICIP="frommedia"
+- fi
+-
++ # copy complete ip=args into staticip, and
++ # keep multiple uses.
++ STATICIP="${STATICIP} ${ARGUMENT}"
+ export STATICIP
+ ;;
+
+@@ -598,6 +593,24 @@ copy_live_to ()
+ return 0
+ }
+
++get_ipconfig_para()
++{
++ if [ $# != 1 ] ; then
++ echo "Missin parameter for $0"
++ return
++ fi
++ devname=$1
++ for ip in ${STATICIP} ; do
++ case $ip in
++ *:$devname:*)
++ echo $ip
++ return
++ ;;
++ esac
++ done
++ echo $devname
++}
++
+ do_netsetup ()
+ {
+ modprobe -q af_packet # For DHCP
+@@ -608,9 +621,19 @@ do_netsetup ()
+ [ -n "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" ] || ETHDEV_TIMEOUT=15
+ echo "Using timeout of $ETHDEV_TIMEOUT seconds for network configuration."
+
+- if [ -z "${NETBOOT}" ] && [ -z "${FETCH}" ] && \
+- [ -z "${HTTPFS}" ] && [ -z "${FTPFS}" ]
+- then
++ # Our modus operandi for getting a working network setup is this:
++ # * If ip=* is set, pass that to ipconfig and be done
++ # * Else, try dhcp on all devices in this order:
++ # ethdevice= bootif= <all interfaces>
++
++ ALLDEVICES="$(cd /sys/class/net/ && ls -1 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^lo$' )"
++
++ # Turn on all interfaces before doing anything, to avoid timing problems
++ # during link negotiation.
++ echo "Net: Turning on all device links..."
++ for device in ${ALLDEVICES}; do
++ ipconfig -c none -d $device -t 1 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
++ done
+
+
+ # support for Syslinux IPAPPEND parameter
+@@ -653,7 +676,7 @@ do_netsetup ()
+
+ if [ "$bootif_mac" = "$current_mac" ]
+ then
+- DEVICE=${device##*/}
++ ETHDEVICE="${device##*/},$ETHDEVICE" # use ethdevice
+ break
+ fi
+ fi
+@@ -665,12 +688,7 @@ do_netsetup ()
+ # for *every* present network device (except for loopback of course)
+ if [ -z "$ETHDEVICE" ] ; then
+ echo "If you want to boot from a specific device use bootoption ethdevice=..."
+- for device in /sys/class/net/*; do
+- dev=${device##*/} ;
+- if [ "$dev" != "lo" ] ; then
+- ETHDEVICE="$ETHDEVICE $dev"
+- fi
+- done
++ ETHDEVICE="$ALLDEVICES"
+ fi
+
+ # split args of ethdevice=eth0,eth1 into "eth0 eth1"
+@@ -678,38 +696,27 @@ do_netsetup ()
+ devlist="$devlist $device"
+ done
+
+- # this is tricky (and ugly) because ipconfig sometimes just hangs/runs into
+- # an endless loop; iff execution fails give it two further tries, that's
+- # why we use '$devlist $devlist $devlist' for the other for loop
+- for dev in $devlist $devlist $devlist ; do
+- echo "Executing ipconfig -t $ETHDEV_TIMEOUT $dev"
+- ipconfig -t "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" $dev | tee -a /netboot.config &
+- jobid=$!
+- sleep "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" ; sleep 1
+- if [ -r /proc/"$jobid"/status ] ; then
+- echo "Killing job $jobid for device $dev as ipconfig ran into recursion..."
+- kill -9 $jobid
++ for dev in $devlist ; do
++ param="$(get_ipconfig_para $dev)"
++ if [ -n "$NODHCP" ] && [ "$param" = "$dev" ] ; then
++ echo "Ignoring network device $dev due to nodhcp." | tee -a /live-boot.log
++ continue
+ fi
++ echo "Executing ipconfig -t $ETHDEV_TIMEOUT $param"
++ ipconfig -t "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" "$param" | tee -a /netboot.config
+
+ # if configuration of device worked we should have an assigned
+ # IP address, iff so let's use the according as $DEVICE for later usage
+ # simple and primitive approach which seems to work fine
+- if ifconfig $dev | grep -q 'inet.*addr:' ; then
+- export DEVICE="$dev"
+- break
++ IPV4ADDR="0.0.0.0"
++ . /tmp/net-${device}.conf
++ if [ "${IPV4ADDR}" != "0.0.0.0" ]; then
++ export DEVICE="$dev $DEVICE"
++ # break # exit loop as we just use the irst
+ fi
+- done
+
+- else
+- for interface in ${DEVICE}; do
+- ipconfig -t "$ETHDEV_TIMEOUT" ${interface} | tee /netboot-${interface}.config
+- [ -e /tmp/net-${interface}.conf ] && . /tmp/net-${interface}.conf
+- if [ "$IPV4ADDR" != "0.0.0.0" ]
+- then
+- break
+- fi
+- done
+- fi
++ done
++ unset devlist
+
+ for interface in ${DEVICE}; do
+ # source relevant ipconfig output