added support for backgrounding daemons at startup with a '@' prefix, commented out the ldconfig call at startup, added support for unicode console maps, added a hotplug_ifup() function rc.d/network for hotplug's net.agent to use

7 files changed, 40 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/functions b/functions
index ec3e986..347c4de 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if [ "$USECOLOR" = "YES" -o "$USECOLOR" = "yes" ]; then
 	C_BUSY="\033[0;36m"		# busy
 	C_FAIL="\033[1;31m"		# failed
 	C_DONE="\033[1;37m"		# completed
+	C_BKGD="\033[1;35m"		# backgrounded
 	
 	C_H1="\033[1;37m"		# highlight text 1
 	C_H2="\033[1;36m"		# highlight text 2
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ printsep() {
 	echo -e "\n$C_SEPARATOR   ------------------------------\n"
 }
 
+stat_bkgd() {
+	echo -ne "$C_OTHER$PREFIX_REG $C_MAIN$1$C_CLEAR "
+	deltext
+	echo -ne "   $C_OTHER[${C_BKGD}BKGD$C_OTHER]$C_CLEAR "
+}
+
 stat_busy() {
 	echo -ne "$C_OTHER$PREFIX_REG $C_MAIN$1$C_CLEAR "
 	deltext
diff --git a/network b/network
index d10c2ad..1513c58 100755
--- a/network
+++ b/network
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
 # look for dhcpcd settings
 [ -f /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd ] && . /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd
 
+# Special wrapper for hotplug ifup calls
+#  (make sure hotplug doesn't bring up disabled interfaces)
+hotplug_ifup()
+{
+	[ "$1" != "" ] || return 1
+	for ifline in ${INTERFACES[@]}; do
+		# if the interface is disabled then this will be skipped
+		if [ "$ifline" = "$1" ]; then
+			ifup $ifline
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 ifup()
 {
 	if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
@@ -173,7 +186,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		/bin/sleep 2
 		$0 start
 		;;
-	ifup|ifdown|iflist|rtup|rtdown|rtlist)
+	hotplug_ifup|ifup|ifdown|iflist|rtup|rtdown|rtlist)
 		$1 $2
 		;;
 	*)
diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf
index d4718e9..9063a91 100644
--- a/rc.conf
+++ b/rc.conf
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 # HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
 # TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
 # KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
-# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-us)
+# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
+# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/unimaps
 # USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
 #
 HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
 TIMEZONE=Canada/Pacific
 KEYMAP=us
 CONSOLEFONT=
+CONSOLEMAP=
 USECOLOR="yes"
 
 # Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ ROUTES=(!gateway)
 #
 # Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
 #   (prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it)
+#   (prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background)
 #
 DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hotplug !pcmcia network netfs crond)
 
diff --git a/rc.multi b/rc.multi
index e33226e..3f34941 100755
--- a/rc.multi
+++ b/rc.multi
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
 # Start daemons
 for daemon in "${DAEMONS[@]}"; do
 	if [[ `echo $daemon | grep '^[^\!]' | wc -l` -eq 1 ]]; then
-		/etc/rc.d/$daemon start
+		if [[ `echo $daemon | grep '^[^\@]' | wc -l` -eq 1 ]]; then
+			/etc/rc.d/$daemon start
+		else
+                        stat_bkgd "Starting ${daemon:1}"
+			(/etc/rc.d/${daemon:1} start) &>/dev/null &
+		fi
 	fi
 done
 
diff --git a/rc.shutdown b/rc.shutdown
index 98316d2..b18699d 100755
--- a/rc.shutdown
+++ b/rc.shutdown
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [ "$PREVLEVEL" = "3" -o "$PREVLEVEL" = "5" ]; then
 	let i=${#DAEMONS[@]}
 	while [[ i -ge 0 ]]; do
 		if [[ `echo ${DAEMONS[$i]} | grep '^[^\!]' | wc -l` -eq 1 ]]; then
-			/etc/rc.d/${DAEMONS[$i]} stop
+			/etc/rc.d/${DAEMONS[$i]#@} stop
 		fi
 		let i=i-1
 	done
diff --git a/rc.single b/rc.single
index baffd91..0634e6f 100755
--- a/rc.single
+++ b/rc.single
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ "$PREVLEVEL" = "3" -o "$PREVLEVEL" = "5" ]; then
 	let i=${#DAEMONS[@]}
 	while [[ i -gt 0 ]]; do
 		if [[ `echo ${DAEMONS[$i]} | grep '^[^\!]' | wc -l` -eq 1 ]]; then
-			/etc/rc.d/${DAEMONS[$i]} stop
+			/etc/rc.d/${DAEMONS[$i]#@} stop
 		fi
 		let i=i-1
 	done
diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index cb8c4fc..fdb6a44 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ mkdir /tmp/.ICE-unix && chmod 1777 /tmp/.ICE-unix
 mkdir /tmp/.X11-unix && chmod 1777 /tmp/.X11-unix
 stat_done
 
-status "Updating Shared Library Links" /sbin/ldconfig
+#status "Updating Shared Library Links" /sbin/ldconfig
 
 if [ "$HOSTNAME" != "" ]; then
 	status "Setting Hostname: $HOSTNAME" /bin/hostname $HOSTNAME
@@ -140,9 +140,13 @@ if [ "$KEYMAP" != "" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$CONSOLEFONT" != "" ]; then
-	stat_busy "Loading Console Font: $CONSOLEFONT" 
+	stat_busy "Loading Console Font: $CONSOLEFONT"
 	for i in `seq 1 12`; do 
-		/usr/bin/setfont $CONSOLEFONT -C /dev/vc/${i}; 
+		if [ "$CONSOLEMAP" != "" ]; then
+			/usr/bin/setfont -m $CONSOLEMAP $CONSOLEFONT -C /dev/vc/${i}; 
+		else
+			/usr/bin/setfont $CONSOLEFONT -C /dev/vc/${i}; 
+		fi
 	done
 	stat_done
 fi