diff --git a/heartbeat/findif.sh b/heartbeat/findif.sh
index fd92d9be0..e6a9ea42a 100644
--- a/heartbeat/findif.sh
+++ b/heartbeat/findif.sh
@@ -1,180 +1,256 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ipcheck_ipv4() {
   local r1_to_255="([1-9][0-9]?|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])"
   local r0_to_255="([0-9][0-9]?|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])"
   local r_ipv4="^$r1_to_255\.$r0_to_255\.$r0_to_255\.$r0_to_255$"
   echo "$1" | grep -q -Ee "$r_ipv4"
 }
 ipcheck_ipv6() {
   ! echo "$1" | grep -qs "[^0-9:a-fA-F]"
 }
 ifcheck() {
   local ifname="$1"
   $IP2UTIL link show dev $ifname 2>&1 >/dev/null
 }
 prefixcheck() {
   local prefix=$1
   local prefix_length=${#prefix}
   local prefix_check=$2
 
   if [ $prefix_length -gt 3 -o $prefix_length -eq 0 ] ; then
     return 1
   fi
   echo "$prefix" | grep -qs "[^0-9]"
   if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
     return 1
   fi
   if [ $prefix -lt 1 -o $prefix -gt $prefix_check ] ; then
     return 1
   fi
   return 0
 }
 getnetworkinfo()
 {
   local line netinfo
   ip -o -f inet route list match $OCF_RESKEY_ip table local scope host | (while read line;
   do
     netinfo=`echo $line | awk '{print $2}'`
     case $netinfo in
     */*)
       set -- $line
       break
       ;;
     esac
   done
   echo $line)
 }
 
+# previous versions of the IPaddr2 resource agent used to accept a netmask
+# in dotted quad notation (and convert to cidr notation implicitly; possibly
+# with warnings nobody ever noticed)
+# We can do so here as well.
+maybe_convert_dotted_quad_to_cidr()
+{
+	# does this even look like a dotted quad notation?
+	case $netmask in
+	# invalid if it contains other than digits and dots
+	# invalid if it contains adjacent dots,
+	#   or starts or ends with a dot
+	#   or more than three dots
+	#   or more than three digits in a row
+	*[!0-9.]* | *..* | *.*.*.*.* | .* | *. | *[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]* )
+		return ;;
+
+	# do we have three dots?
+	# component range check on <= 255 is done below
+	*.*.*.*) : ;;
+
+	*)	return ;;
+	esac
+
+	local IFS=.
+	set -- $netmask
+	[ $# = 4 ] || return;
+
+	local b m=0 mask;
+	for b ; do
+		[ $b -le 255 ] || return;
+		m=$(( (m << 8) + b ));
+	done;
+	case $m in
+	# for i in `seq 32 -1 0`; do printf "%10u) netmask=$i ;;\n" $(( ((1 << i)-1) << (32 - i) )); done
+        4294967295) mask=32 ;;
+        4294967294) mask=31 ;;
+        4294967292) mask=30 ;;
+        4294967288) mask=29 ;;
+        4294967280) mask=28 ;;
+        4294967264) mask=27 ;;
+        4294967232) mask=26 ;;
+        4294967168) mask=25 ;;
+        4294967040) mask=24 ;;
+        4294966784) mask=23 ;;
+        4294966272) mask=22 ;;
+        4294965248) mask=21 ;;
+        4294963200) mask=20 ;;
+        4294959104) mask=19 ;;
+        4294950912) mask=18 ;;
+        4294934528) mask=17 ;;
+        4294901760) mask=16 ;;
+        4294836224) mask=15 ;;
+        4294705152) mask=14 ;;
+        4294443008) mask=13 ;;
+        4293918720) mask=12 ;;
+        4292870144) mask=11 ;;
+        4290772992) mask=10 ;;
+        4286578688) mask=9 ;;
+        4278190080) mask=8 ;;
+        4261412864) mask=7 ;;
+        4227858432) mask=6 ;;
+        4160749568) mask=5 ;;
+        4026531840) mask=4 ;;
+        3758096384) mask=3 ;;
+        3221225472) mask=2 ;;
+        2147483648) mask=1 ;;
+                 0) mask=0 ;;
+		 *) ocf_log err "Bogus netmask: $netmask" ; return ;;
+	esac
+	ocf_log warn "Please convert dotted quad netmask $netmask to CIDR notation $mask!"
+	netmask=$mask
+}
+
 findif_check_params()
 {
   local family="$1"
   local match="$OCF_RESKEY_ip"
   local nic="$OCF_RESKEY_nic"
-  local netmask="$OCF_RESKEY_cidr_netmask"
+  # netmask NOT local, see maybe_convert_dotted_quad_to_cidr
+        netmask="$OCF_RESKEY_cidr_netmask"
   local brdcast="$OCF_RESKEY_broadcast"
   local errmsg
 
+  maybe_convert_dotted_quad_to_cidr
+
   # Do a sanity check only on start and validate-all
   # to avoid returning OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED from the monitor operation.
   case $__OCF_ACTION in
       start|validate-all)	true;;
       *)			return $OCF_SUCCESS;;
   esac
 
   if [ -n "$nic" ] ; then
     errmsg=`ifcheck $nic`
     if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
       ocf_log err "Invalid interface name [$nic]: $errmsg"
       return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
     fi
   fi
 
   if [ "$family" = "inet6" ] ; then
     ipcheck_ipv6 $match
     if [ $? = 1 ] ; then
       ocf_log err "IP address [$match] not valid."
       return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
     fi
     if [ -z "$nic" ] ; then
       echo $match | grep -qis '^fe80::'
       if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
         ocf_log err "'nic' parameter is mandatory for a link local address [$match]."
         return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
       fi
     fi
     if [ -n "$netmask" ] ; then
       prefixcheck $netmask 128
       if [ $? = 1 ] ; then
         ocf_log err "Invalid netmask specification [$netmask]."
         return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
       fi
     fi
   else
     # family = inet
     ipcheck_ipv4 $match
     if [ $? = 1 ] ; then
       ocf_log err "IP address [$match] not valid."
       return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
     fi
     if [ -n "$netmask" ] ; then
       prefixcheck $netmask 32
       if [ $? = 1 ] ; then
         ocf_log err "Invalid netmask specification [$netmask]."
         return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
       fi
     fi
     if [ -n "$brdcast" ] ; then
       ipcheck_ipv4 $brdcast
       if [ $? = 1 ] ; then
         ocf_log err "Invalid broadcast address [$brdcast]."
         return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
       fi
     fi
   fi
   return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }
 
 findif()
 {
   local match="$OCF_RESKEY_ip"
   local family
   local scope
   local nic="$OCF_RESKEY_nic"
   local netmask="$OCF_RESKEY_cidr_netmask"
   local brdcast="$OCF_RESKEY_broadcast"
 
   echo $match | grep -qs ":"
   if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
     family="inet6"
   else
     family="inet"
     scope="scope link"
   fi
   findif_check_params $family || return $?
 
   if [ -n "$netmask" ] ; then
       match=$match/$netmask
   fi
   if [ -n "$nic" ] ; then
     # NIC supports more than two.
     set -- `ip -o -f $family route list match $match $scope | grep "dev $nic"`
   else
     set -- `ip -o -f $family route list match $match $scope`
   fi
   if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
     case $OCF_RESKEY_ip in
     127.*)
       set -- `getnetworkinfo`
       shift;;
     esac
   fi
   if [ -z "$nic" -o -z "$netmask" ] ; then
     if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
       ocf_log err "Unable to find nic or netmask."
       return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
     fi
     case $1 in
     */*) : OK ;;
     *)
       ocf_log err "Unable to find cidr_netmask."
       return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC ;;
     esac
   fi
   [ -z "$nic" ] && nic=$3
   [ -z "$netmask" ] && netmask=${1#*/}
   if [ $family = "inet" ] ; then
     if [ -z "$brdcast" ] ; then
       if [ -n "$7" ] ; then
         set -- `ip -o -f $family addr show | grep $7`
         [ "$5" = brd ] && brdcast=$6
       fi
     fi
   else
     if [ -z "$OCF_RESKEY_nic" -a "$netmask" != "${1#*/}" ] ; then
       ocf_log err "Unable to find nic, or netmask mismatch."
       return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
     fi
   fi
   echo "$nic netmask $netmask broadcast $brdcast"
   return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }