From 5ae9ef055c965ee61a7711ab38138e3d909cab76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Ceccherini <stefano.ceccherini@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 20:43:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check if device exists before creating ethernet interface.
 Fix ticket #10183.

---
 src/add-ons/kernel/network/devices/ethernet/ethernet.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/devices/ethernet/ethernet.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/devices/ethernet/ethernet.cpp
index 47c701e589..d989075951 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/devices/ethernet/ethernet.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/devices/ethernet/ethernet.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ ethernet_init(const char *name, net_device **_device)
 		|| !strcmp(name, "/dev/net/userland_server"))
 		return B_BAD_VALUE;
 
+	if (access(name, F_OK) != 0)
+		return errno;
+
 	status_t status = get_module(NET_BUFFER_MODULE_NAME, (module_info **)&gBufferModule);
 	if (status < B_OK)
 		return status;