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+# /lib/rcscripts/addons/raid-start.sh:  Setup raid volumes at boot
+# Copyright 1999-2010 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/mdadm/files/raid-start.sh-3.0,v 1.2 2010/06/03 02:03:40 vapier Exp $
+
+[ -f /proc/mdstat ] || exit 0
+
+# Start software raid with mdadm
+if [ -x /sbin/mdadm ] ; then
+	ebegin "Starting up RAID devices"
+	output=$(mdadm -As 2>&1)
+	ret=$?
+	[ ${ret} -ne 0 ] && echo "${output}"
+	eend ${ret}
+fi
+
+if [ -x /sbin/blockdev ] ; then
+	partitioned_devs=$(ls /dev/md_d* 2>/dev/null)
+	if [ -n "${partitioned_devs}" ]; then
+		ebegin "Creating RAID device partitions"
+		/sbin/blockdev ${partitioned_devs}
+		eend 0
+		# wait because vgscan runs next, and we want udev to fire
+		sleep 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+# vim:ts=4