--- trunk/busybox/mdev.rc	2010/08/22 16:43:06	1113
+++ trunk/busybox/mdev.rc	2010/12/10 23:03:22	1235
@@ -32,6 +32,46 @@
 	evaluate_retval
 }
 
+# This works for 2.6.15 kernels or greater
+trigger_uevents()
+{
+	local list=""
+	local i
+	local first
+	local last
+	local default
+
+	# if you want real coldplug (with all modules being loaded for all
+	# devices in the system), uncomment out the next line.
+	#list="${lis}t $(echo /sys/bus/*/devices/*/uevent)"
+	list="${list} $(echo /sys/class/*/*/uevent)"
+	list="${list} $(echo /sys/block/*/uevent /sys/block/*/*/uevent)"
+	for i in ${list}
+	do
+		case "${i}" in
+			*/device/uevent)
+				# skip followed device symlinks
+				continue
+				;;
+			*/class/mem/*|*/class/tty/*)
+				first="${first} ${i}"
+				;;
+			*/block/md*)
+				last="${last} ${i}"
+				;;
+			*/*)
+				default="${default} ${i}"
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	# trigger the sorted events
+	for i in ${first} ${default} ${last}
+	do
+		echo "add" > "${i}"
+	done
+}
+
 # main functions
 start_devicemanager()
 {
@@ -65,6 +105,9 @@
 		modprobe -q unix 2>/dev/null
 	fi
 
+	rc_print "  Populating /dev with existing devices through uevents ..."
+	trigger_uevents
+
 	rc_print "  Starting mdev ..."
 	/sbin/mdev -s
 	evaluate_retval