...and my rc is becoming smarter (see changes in spark)

bin/rc

@@ -1,6 +1,48 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-rc.hostname() { hostname "$cfg_hostname"; }
+# Functions
+rc.rescue() { exec "${cfg_rc_rescue_shell:-"$SHELL"}"; }
+
+rc.motd() {
+	[[ -f "/etc/rc.motd" ]] && {
+		while read; do
+			printf "$REPLY"
+		done < "/etc/rc.motd"
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+rc.mount() {
+	local fs
+	local fs_type
+	local mountpoint
+	local mount_options
+	
+	fs="$1"
+	fs_type="$2"
+	mountpoint="$3"
+	mount_options="${4:-defaults}"
+
+	mount "$1" -n -t "$2" -o "$mount_options" "$3"
+}
+
+rc.mount_misc() {
+	mountpoint -q /proc || { rc.mount proc proc /proc; }
+	mountpoint -q /dev || { rc.mount dev devtmpfs /dev; }
+}
+
+rc.parse_cmdline() {
+	[[ -f "/proc/cmdline" ]] && {
+		boot_cmdline=( $(</proc/cmdline) )
+	}
+
+	for i in "${boot_cmdline[@]}"; do
+		case "$i" in
+			init.single) rc.rescue;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
 
 rc.services_start() {
 	local service_name start_mode
@@ -22,28 +64,68 @@ rc.services_start() {
 		start_mode="${start_mode:-start}"
 		
 		case "$start_mode" in
-			bg) "${cfg_initscripts_dir}/$service_name" start &;;
-			watch) "${cfg_initscripts_dir}/$service_name" watch &;;
-			start) "${cfg_initscripts_dir}/$service_name" start;;
+			bg) service "$service_name" start &;;
+			start) service "$service_name" start;;
 			*) echo "Mode $start_mode not supported";;
 		esac
 	done
 }
 
 rc.services_stop() {
+	echo "Stopping services..."
+	local service_name
+
 	for i in "${cfg_services[@]}"; do
-		"${cfg_initscripts_dir}/$i" stop
+		service_name="${i##*@}"; service_name="${service_name##*%}"
+		service "$service_name" stop &>/dev/null &
 	done
+	wait
+}
+
+rc.stop_everything() {
+	echo "Politely asking all processes to shut down..."
+	/opt/sbase/bin/killall5 -s 15; sleep 3
+
+	echo "Killing the remaning ones..."
+	/opt/sbase/bin/killall5 -s 9
+}
+
+rc.unmount_everything() {
+	echo "Unmounting filesystems..."
+	umount -a
+}
+
+rc.remount_root() {
+	echo "Remounting / read-only..."
+	mount / -o remount,ro
 }
 
 rc.boot() {
+	rc.mount_misc
 	rc.hostname
 	rc.modules
 	rc.services_start
+	wait
+	rc.motd
+}
+
+rc.halt() {
+	case "$action" in
+		poweroff|shutdown) echo 'o' > /proc/sysrq-trigger;;
+		halt) :;;
+		reboot|*) echo 'b' > /proc/sysrq-trigger;;
+	esac
 }
 
 rc.shutdown() {
 	rc.services_stop
+	rc.stop_everything
+	rc.unmount_everything
+	rc.remount_root
+
+	echo "Halt complete."
+	
+	rc.halt
 }
 
 rc.hostname() {
@@ -56,15 +138,23 @@ rc.modules() {
 	done
 }
 
-source "/etc/rc.conf"
+rc.main() {
+	source "/etc/rc.conf"
 
-action="$1"
-action="${action:-boot}"
+	action="${1:-boot}"
 
-case "$action" in
-	boot)
-		echo "Welcome to `uname -rs`"
-		rc.boot
-	;;
-	shutdown) rc.shutdown;;
-esac
+	case "$action" in
+		boot)
+			echo "Welcome to `uname -rs`"
+			rc.boot
+		;;
+
+		poweroff|reboot|shutdown)
+			rc.shutdown
+			rc.halt
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
+# Main part
+rc.main "$@"

etc/rc.conf

@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 # System-wide configuration
-
-export PATH='/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin'
-
-# Where to look for initscripts
-cfg_initscripts_dir='/etc/rc.d'
+export PATH='/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin'
 
 # Hostname
 cfg_hostname='changeme'
 
-# Services to start at boot time
-cfg_services+=( 'mount' 'udev' 'rc.local' ) # You probably do need these
-cfg_services+=( '@syslog-ng' '@crond' '@network' '@sshd' '@dbus' '@alsa' ) # Services starting with '@' start in background.
-# cfg_services+=( %agetty-tty{2..6} ) # Services starting with '%' are restarted if the die.
+# Services
+cfg_services+=( 'fsck' 'mount' 'udev' 'sysctl' 'rc.local' )
+cfg_services+=( agetty-tty{2..6} ) # Comment this if your init starts something on the ttys itself
+cfg_services+=( '@crond' '@network' '@dbus' '@alsa' ) # These start in parallel
 
-# Modules to be loaded at boot time. Most people don't need this
-#cfg_modules=( 'tun' )
+cfg_modules=(  ) # Add modules you want to be loaded at boot time here