From b4907a8502f0dadda9cdab259e1c824e3522b5b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 20:32:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] when specifying hotplug devices that already have existing
 configured devices, set the external flag

---
 device.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 80881d2..f0361d9 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -318,8 +318,13 @@ device_get(const char *name, int create)
 		return device_alias_get(name + 1);
 
 	dev = avl_find_element(&devices, name, dev, avl);
-	if (dev)
+	if (dev) {
+		if (create > 1 && !dev->external) {
+			dev->external = true;
+			device_set_present(dev, true);
+		}
 		return dev;
+	}
 
 	if (!create)
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.11.0