1.1 --- a/tools/examples/network-bridge	Mon Nov 07 12:36:16 2005 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/tools/examples/network-bridge	Mon Nov 07 12:36:35 2005 +0100
     1.3 @@ -195,11 +195,17 @@ op_start () {
     1.4  	return
     1.5      fi
     1.6  
     1.7 -    create_bridge ${bridge}
     1.8 +    if ! ip link show 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^[0-9]*: ${vdev}"; then
     1.9 +        echo "
    1.10 +Link $vdev is missing.
    1.11 +This may be because you have reached the limit of the number of interfaces
    1.12 +that the loopback driver supports.  If the loopback driver is a module, you
    1.13 +may raise this limit by passing it as a parameter (nloopbacks=<N>).
    1.14 +" >&2
    1.15 +        exit 1
    1.16 +    fi
    1.17  
    1.18 -    if ! ip link show 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^[0-9]*: ${vdev}"; then
    1.19 -	return
    1.20 -    fi
    1.21 +    create_bridge ${bridge}
    1.22  
    1.23      if ip link show ${vdev} 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
    1.24  	mac=`ip link show ${netdev} | grep 'link\/ether' | sed -e 's/.*ether \(..:..:..:..:..:..\).*/\1/'`