From ed6e0262e00761396ded379620e0b7ecccaa0a8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Guibert <david.guibert@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 10:24:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bring bridge interfaces up

The bridge is not becoming operational until it is brought into the UP state.
When the bridge is statically configured, this is mandatory.
---
 modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix b/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
index a31253ea4b0..9e48500d177 100644
--- a/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
+++ b/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ in
                   brctl addif "${n}" "${i}"
                   ip link set "${i}" up
                   ip addr flush dev "${i}"
+
+                  echo "bringing up network device ${n}..."
+                  ip link set "${n}" up
                 '')}
 
                 # !!! Should delete (brctl delif) any interfaces that