diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.4.0/createlinks e-smith-base-5.4.0_bz7996/createlinks
--- e-smith-base-5.4.0/createlinks	2013-11-11 13:10:56.815241187 +0100
+++ e-smith-base-5.4.0_bz7996/createlinks	2013-11-11 13:14:14.073526941 +0100
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 foreach (qw(
     /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
+    /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf
     /etc/sysconfig/network
     /etc/nsswitch.conf
     /etc/HOSTNAME
diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf/10bonding e-smith-base-5.4.0_bz7996/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf/10bonding
--- e-smith-base-5.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf/10bonding	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-base-5.4.0_bz7996/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf/10bonding	2013-11-11 13:13:34.803468868 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    return "# Bonding is disabled" unless
+        (($InternalInterface{'NICBonding'} || 'disabled') eq 'enabled');
+    $OUT .= "alias bond0 bonding";
+}