--- rc.inet1.orig	2009-08-26 16:25:44.000000000 +0200
+++ rc.inet1	2010-09-01 21:38:52.161516124 +0200
@@ -72,6 +72,29 @@
 # INTERFACE FUNCTIONS #
 #######################
 
+# Function to assemble a bridge interface.
+br_open() {
+  # argument is 'i' - the position of this interface in the IFNAME array.
+  /sbin/brctl addbr ${IFNAME[$1]}
+  for BRIF in $(echo ${BRNICS[$1]}); do
+    /sbin/ifconfig $BRIF down
+    /sbin/ifconfig $BRIF 0.0.0.0 promisc up
+    /sbin/brctl addif ${IFNAME[$1]} $BRIF
+  done
+}
+
+# Function to disassemble a bridge interface.
+br_close() {
+  # argument is 'i' - the position of this interface in the IFNAME array.
+  #for BRIF in $(echo ${BRNICS[$1]}); do
+  for BRIF in $(ls --indicator-style=none /sys/class/net/${IFNAME[$1]}/brif/)
+  do
+    /sbin/brctl delif ${IFNAME[$1]} $BRIF
+  done
+  /sbin/ifconfig ${IFNAME[$1]} down
+  /sbin/brctl delbr ${IFNAME[$1]}
+}
+
 # Function to bring up a network interface.  If the interface is
 # already up or does not yet exist (perhaps because the kernel driver
 # is not loaded yet), do nothing.
@@ -82,6 +105,8 @@
     [ "${IFNAME[$i]}" = "${1}" ] && break
     i=$(($i+1))
   done
+  # If the interface is a bridge, then create it first:
+  [ -n "${BRNICS[$i]}" ] && br_open $i
   # If the interface isn't in the kernel yet (but there's an alias for it in
   # modules.conf), then it should be loaded first:
   if ! grep `echo ${1}: | cut -f 1 -d :`: /proc/net/dev 1> /dev/null ; then # no interface yet
@@ -179,6 +204,8 @@
     if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless ]; then
       . /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless ${1} stop # Kill wireless daemons if any.
     fi
+    # If the interface is a bridge, then destroy it now:
+    [ -n "${BRNICS[$i]}" ] && br_close $i
   fi
 }