bridge startup with clone interfaces

[Andreas Wrede <andreas%planix.com@localhost>]

brconfig(8) shows how to create a bridge using the shell escape (!) in  
a /etc/ifconfig.bridge0 file. This may not work if an interface  
participating in the bridge is also a cloned interface (tap in my  
case) as it may only be created after the bridge0 interface.  
(Currently, ifconfig -C returns "bridge" first, so it will not work  
for any of the cloned interfaces).

My current solution is the split the interface configuration loop in / 
etc/rc.d/network into two loops, one to create all necessary clones  
and the other to do the configuration, see patch below.

Is there another way to configure this?

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    aew

Index: network
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RCS file: /cvsroot/src/etc/rc.d/network,v
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -r1.50 network
--- network     24 Nov 2005 17:28:45 -0000      1.50
+++ network     20 Apr 2008 15:22:45 -0000
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@
                                        ipf -y >/dev/null
                                fi
                        fi
+               done
+               for int in $tmp; do
+                       eval args=\$ifconfig_$int
                        if [ -n "$args" ]; then
                                echo -n " $int"
                                ifconfig $int $args