Adding reformated patch from Stephan Hermann <sh@sourcecode.de> based on the work...

diff --git a/scripts/live b/scripts/live
index a17eb42..2976dae 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/live
+++ b/scripts/live
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ Arguments ()
                                export DEFCONSOLE
                                ;;
 
+                       BOOTIF=*)
+                               BOOTIF="${x#BOOTIF=}"
+                               ;;
+
                        debug)
                                DEBUG="Yes"
                                export DEBUG
@@ -581,6 +585,54 @@ do_netsetup ()
           [ -z "${HTTPFS}" ] && [ -z "${FTPFS}" ]
        then
 
+
+       # support for Syslinux IPAPPEND parameter
+       # it sets the BOOTIF variable on the kernel parameter
+
+       if [ -n "${BOOTIF}" ]
+       then
+               # pxelinux sets BOOTIF to a value based on the mac address of the
+               # network card used to PXE boot, so use this value for DEVICE rather
+               # than a hard-coded device name from initramfs.conf. this facilitates
+               # network booting when machines may have multiple network cards.
+               # pxelinux sets BOOTIF to 01-$mac_address
+
+               # strip off the leading "01-", which isn't part of the mac
+               # address
+               temp_mac=${BOOTIF#*-}
+
+               # convert to typical mac address format by replacing "-" with ":"
+               bootif_mac=""
+               IFS='-'
+               for x in $temp_mac
+               do
+                       if [ -z "$bootif_mac" ]
+                       then
+                               bootif_mac="$x"
+                       else
+                               bootif_mac="$bootif_mac:$x"
+                       fi
+               done
+               unset IFS
+
+               # look for devices with matching mac address, and set DEVICE to
+               # appropriate value if match is found.
+
+               for device in /sys/class/net/*
+               do
+                       if [ -f "$device/address" ]
+                       then
+                               current_mac=$(cat "$device/address")
+
+                               if [ "$bootif_mac" = "$current_mac" ]
+                               then
+                                       DEVICE=${device##*/}
+                                       break
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               done
+       fi
+
        # if ethdevice was not specified on the kernel command line
        # make sure we try to get a working network configuration
        # for *every* present network device (except for loopback of course)