diff --git a/sys-fs/mdadm/files/raid-stop.sh b/sys-fs/mdadm/files/raid-stop.sh
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+# /lib/rcscripts/addons/raid-stop.sh:  Stop raid volumes at shutdown
+# Copyright 1999-2005 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/mdadm/files/raid-stop.sh,v 1.4 2008/06/28 16:36:46 vapier Exp $
+
+[ -f /proc/mdstat ] || exit 0
+
+# Stop software raid with mdadm (new school)
+mdadm_conf="/etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf"
+[ -e /etc/mdadm.conf ] && mdadm_conf="/etc/mdadm.conf"
+if [ -x /sbin/mdadm -a -f "${mdadm_conf}" ] ; then
+	ebegin "Shutting down RAID devices (mdadm)"
+	output=$(mdadm -Ss 2>&1)
+	ret=$?
+	[ ${ret} -ne 0 ] && echo "${output}"
+	eend ${ret}
+fi
+
+# vim:ts=4