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+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright 1999-2005 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/kexec-tools/files/kexec.init,v 1.14 2009/04/12 04:45:19 darkside Exp $
+
+depend() {
+	need localmount 
+}
+
+image_path() {
+	local x= kver=$(uname -r)
+	for x in "${KNAME:-bzImage}" vmlinuz \
+		bzImage-"${kver}" vmlinuz-"${kver}" ; do
+		if [ -e "${BOOTPART}/${x}" ] ; then
+			echo "${BOOTPART}/${x}"
+			return 0
+		fi
+	done
+
+	return 1
+}
+
+load_image() {
+	if [ "${KNAME}" = "-" ] ; then
+		ebegin "Disabling kexec"
+		kexec -u
+		eend $?
+		return $?
+	fi
+	
+	BOOTPART="${BOOTPART:-/boot}"
+	local img="$(image_path)" mounted=false initrdopt=
+
+	if [ -z "${img}" ] ; then
+		# If we cannot find our image, try mounting ${BOOTPART}
+		if ! grep -q " ${BOOTPART} " /proc/mounts ; then
+			ebegin "Mounting ${BOOTPART}"
+			mount "${BOOTPART}" && mounted=true
+			eend $? || return $?
+			img="$(image_path)"
+		fi
+	fi
+	
+	if [ -z "${img}" ] ; then
+		eerror "No kernel image found in ${BOOTPART}!"
+		${mounted} && umount "${BOOTPART}"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	ebegin "Loading kernel image ${img} for kexec"
+	if [ -z "${ROOTPART}" ] ; then
+		ROOTPART="$(readlink -f "$(sed -n '/^\/[^ ]* \/ / s,^\([^ ]*\).*,\1,p' /etc/mtab)")"
+	fi
+	if [ -z "${KPARAM}" ] ; then
+		KPARAM="$(sed -e 's/ /\n/g' /proc/cmdline | grep -v -e "^root=" | tr '\n' ' ')"
+	fi
+
+	# Use the default initrd if it exists and none other given
+	if  [ -z "${INITRD}" -a -e "${BOOTPART}"/initrd ] ; then 
+	    INITRD="${BOOTPART}/initrd"
+	fi
+	if [ -e "${INITRD}" ] ; then
+	    initrdopt="--initrd=${INITRD}"
+	fi
+
+	kexec -l "${img}" --append="root=${ROOTPART} ${KPARAM}" ${initrdopt}
+	local res=$?
+	
+	${mounted} && umount "${BOOTPART}"
+	eend ${res}
+	return ${res}
+}
+
+start() {
+	[ "${LOAD_DURING_SHUTDOWN:-yes}" = "yes" ] && return 0
+
+	ebegin "Configuring kexec"
+	load_image
+	eend 0
+}
+
+stop() {
+	[ "${LOAD_DURING_SHUTDOWN:-yes}" != "yes" ] && return 0
+
+	ebegin "Configuring kexec"
+	if [ "`/sbin/runlevel|/bin/cut -c 3`" != "6" ]; then
+		einfo "Not rebooting, so disabling"
+		kexec -u
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	load_image
+	eend $?
+}