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+wait_for_iface() {
+local DEVICE=$1
+local TIMEOUT=10
+echo -n "Waiting for interface $DEVICE: "
+# Some systems don't have operstate. Seems to be hardware dependent
+[ ! -e "/sys/class/net/${DEVICE}/operstate" ] && usleep 10000
+if [ -e "/sys/class/net/${DEVICE}/operstate" ]; then
+    while true; do
+        # check linkstate
+        [ "x$(cat "/sys/class/net/${DEVICE}/operstate")" == "xup" ] && break
+        TIMEOUT=$(( $TIMEOUT - 1 )) # don't wait forever, the pcnet iface of vmware will never be "up" although it's working
+        [ "$TIMEOUT" -le 0 ] && break
+        # else
+        echo -n "."
+        usleep 500000
+    done
+else
+    # we really don't have a operstate .. then just wait a sec and hope for the best.
+    sleep 1
+fi
+echo ".$(cat "/sys/class/net/${DEVICE}/operstate" 2>/dev/null)"
+}
+true