--- /usr/share/dracut/modules.d/40network/ifup	2016-05-11 23:32:41.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/share/dracut/modules.d/40network/ifup.el6	2016-09-05 20:44:58.664548438 -0500
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@
             echo ${1##*.}
             ;;
     esac
 }
 
-# Huh? No $1?
+# No $1 interface name (like eth0)
 [ -z "$1" ] && exit 1
 
 # $netif reads easier than $1
 netif=$1
 
@@ -155,15 +155,15 @@
     fi
 fi
 
 
 # bail immediately if the interface is already up
-# or we don't need the network
+# but we always need networking
 [ -f "/tmp/net.$netif.up" ] && exit 0
 [ -f "/tmp/root.info" ] || exit 0
 . /tmp/root.info
-[ -z "$netroot" ] && exit 0
+# [ -z "$netroot" ] && exit 0
 
 # loopback is always handled the same way
 if [ "$netif" = "lo" ] ; then
     ip link set lo up
     ip addr add 127.0.0.1/8 dev lo