Add a helper function to check kern.features.* sysctls.

Discussed with:	dougb

etc/network.subr

@@ -349,11 +349,8 @@ afexists()
 	_af=$1
 
 	case ${_af} in
-	inet)
+	inet|inet6)
-		${SYSCTL_N} kern.features.inet > /dev/null 2>&1
+		check_kern_features ${_af}
-		;;
-	inet6)
-		${SYSCTL_N} kern.features.inet6 > /dev/null 2>&1
 		;;
 	ipx)
 		${SYSCTL_N} net.ipx > /dev/null 2>&1

etc/rc.subr

@@ -1734,6 +1734,28 @@ check_required_after()
 
 fi
 
+# check_kern_features mib
+#	Return existence of kern.features.* sysctl MIB as true or
+#	false.  The result will be cached in $_rc_cache_kern_features_
+#	namespace.  "0" means the kern.features.X exists.
+
+check_kern_features()
+{
+	local _v
+
+	[ -n "$1" ] || return 1;
+	_v=`eval echo "\\$_rc_cache_kern_features_$1"`
+	[ -n "$_v" ] && return "$_v";
+
+	if ${SYSCTL_N} kern.features.$1 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		eval _rc_cache_kern_features_$1=0
+		return 0
+	else
+		eval _rc_cache_kern_features_$1=1
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
 # _echoonce var msg mode
 #	mode=0: Echo $msg if ${$var} is empty.
 #	        After doing echo, a string is set to ${$var}.