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+#!/bin/bash
+#written in bash for fewest prerequisites
+function get_def_interface {
+	#gethostbyname on `hostname` would be helpful, but since we
+	#are in bash, the best alternative is to use ping to get at it
+	#don't want to grep in /etc/hosts or presume DNS
+	#we are, however, presuming ipv4 for the moment
+	retval=$(ping -c 1 `hostname`|head -n 1|cut -d\( -f 2|cut -d\) -f 1)
+	if [ -z "$retval" -o "127.0.0.1" = "$retval" ]; then #ok, that didn't pan out, now we grab the first address that looks sane
+		retval=`ifconfig|grep inet" " |grep -v addr:127.0.0.1|grep -v 'addr:169.254'|head -n 1|cut -d: -f 2|cut -d' ' -f 1`
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$retval" ]; then 
+		echo "ERROR: Unable to reasonably guess the 'default' interface" >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	iface=`ifconfig|grep -v inet6|egrep '(Link|inet)'|grep -B1 'addr:'$retval |head -n 1|awk '{print $1}'`
+	if [ -z "$iface" ]; then
+		echo "ERROR: Unable to reasonably guess the default interface" >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if brctl show | grep ^$iface >& /dev/null; then #
+		OIFS=$IFS
+		IFS=$'\n'
+		INMATCH=0
+		for brline in $(brctl show); do
+			if [ $(expr match "$brline" $iface) == $(expr length $iface) ]; then
+				INMATCH=1
+			elif [ $(expr match "$brline" "	") != 1 ]; then
+				INMATCH=0
+			fi
+			if [ "$INMATCH" == 1 ];  then
+				if ! ethtool -i `echo $brline|awk '{print $NF}'`|grep "driver: tun" >& /dev/null; then
+					iface=`echo $brline|awk '{print $NF}'`
+					echo "$iface"
+					IFS=$OFIS
+					return
+				fi
+			fi
+		done
+	else 
+		echo "$iface"
+	fi
+}
+if [ "storageprereq" = "$1"  ]; then
+	MOUNTURI="$2"
+	DIRNAME=`echo $MOUNTURI|sed -e 's!nfs://!nfs_!'`
+	MOUNTPATH=`echo $DIRNAME|sed -e 's!nfs_!!'|sed -e 's!/!:/!'`
+	if mount|grep $MOUNTPATH > /dev/null; then
+		exit 0;
+	fi
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/xcat/vmnt/$DIRNAME
+	mount $MOUNTPATH /var/lib/xcat/vmnt/$DIRNAME
+elif [ "bridgeprereq" = "$1" ]; then
+	NETDESC="$2"
+	if [ -z "$NETDESC" ]; then
+		echo "Incorrect usage"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if echo "$NETDESC"|grep ':'> /dev/null; then
+		PORTS=`echo "$NETDESC"|cut -d: -f 1`
+		BNAME=`echo "$NETDESC"|cut -d: -f 2`
+	else 
+		BNAME=$NETDESC
+	fi
+	if brctl showstp "$BNAME" > /dev/null; then
+		echo "$BNAME"
+		exit 0
+	fi
+	#Still here, that means we must build a bridge
+	if [ -z "$PORTS" ]; then #No ports specified, default to whatever looks up
+		PORTS=$(get_def_interface)
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$PORTS" ]; then #This has been checked many times before in theory, check again just in case
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	#For now, we only support bridge name==network name.  This precludes
+	#the config of the same vlan number on multiple fabrics, but
+	#will cover that flexibility later if demanded (with 4k vlan ids, 
+	#I think it would be unwise to reuse them as it could confuse anyway)
+	if echo "$PORTS"|grep '&'; then #we have bonding... fun to be had
+	#To be slack, going to just support one bond for now..
+		modprobe bonding miimon=100 mode=4
+		PORTS=`echo $PORTS |sed -e 's/&/ /'`
+		ip link set bond0 up
+		for p in $PORTS; do
+			#TODO: we are only going to manage the default
+			#route for now
+			saveroutes=`ip route | grep default| grep "dev $p"|grep via|sed -e 's/dev .*//'`
+			#TODO: support inet6+inet and aliases, probably messing with IFS to do so
+			saveip=`ip addr show dev $p scope global|grep inet|sed -e 's/inet.//'|sed -e 's/[^ ]*$//'`
+			if [ ! -z "$saveip" ]; then
+				ip addr add dev bond0 $saveip
+			fi
+			ifenslave bond0 $p
+			if [ ! -z "$saveroutes" ]; then
+				ip route add $saveroutes
+			fi
+		done
+		PORTS=bond0
+	fi
+	if echo "$BNAME"|egrep '^vl(an)?[0123456789]' > /dev/null; then 
+		TNAME=${BNAME##vl}
+		TNAME=${TNAME##an}
+		#We have a vlan... more fun
+		modprobe 8021q
+		vconfig add $PORTS $TNAME
+		vconfig set_flag $PORTS.$TNAME 2 1 #Turn on GVRP where supported
+		ip link set $PORTS.$TNAME up
+		PORTS=$PORTS.$TNAME
+	fi
+	#Now, $PORTS is 'the' physical device to participate in a bridge
+	#TODO: we are only going to manage the default
+	#route for now
+	brctl addbr $BNAME
+	brctl setfd $BNAME 0 #fast forwarding
+	ip link set $BNAME up
+	saveroutes=`ip route | grep default| grep "dev $PORTS"|grep via|sed -e 's/dev .*//'`
+	#TODO: support inet6+inet and aliases, probably messing with IFS to do so
+	saveip=`ip addr show dev $PORTS scope global|grep inet|sed -e 's/inet.//'|sed -e 's/[^ ]*$//'`
+	if [ ! -z "$saveip" ]; then
+		ip addr add dev $BNAME $saveip
+	fi
+	brctl addif $BNAME $PORTS
+	if [ ! -z "$saveip" ]; then
+		ip addr del dev $PORTS $saveip
+	fi
+	if [ ! -z "$saveroutes" ]; then
+		ip route add $saveroutes
+	fi
+fi #END bridge config.
+