--- raid-start.old.sh	2006-04-26 10:07:51.000000000 -0700
+++ raid-start.sh	2006-05-16 04:12:28.000000000 -0700
@@ -5,22 +5,64 @@
 
 [[ -f /proc/mdstat ]] || exit 0
 
-# We could make this dynamic, but eh
-#[[ -z ${MAJOR} ]] && export MAJOR=$(awk '$2 == "md" { print $1 }' /proc/devices)
-MAJOR=9
+# MAJOR for md (non-partitioned) is normally static, 9.
+# MAJOR for mdp (partitioned) is normally dynamic, but often 254.
+# Hard define md for backward compatibility.  Comment hard define of mdp.
+MAJOR_MD=9
+#MAJOR_MDP=254
+
+# If the majors are commented above, this should define them (/proc must be mounted)
+[[ -z ${MAJOR_MD} ]] && MAJOR_MD=$(awk '$2 == "md" { print $1 }' /proc/devices)
+[[ -z ${MAJOR_MDP} ]] && MAJOR_MDP=$(awk '$2 == "mdp" { print $1 }' /proc/devices)
 
-# Try to make sure the devices exist before we use them
+# Try to make sure the devices exist before we use them.
 create_devs() {
-	local node dir minor
+	local node devdir devfile minor major partnum partnode partnodes
+
+	# This scans in the list of mdp nodes from fstab, to be used in the loop below.
+	partnodes=$(awk '/^\/dev\/([^ ]*\/)?md_d/ { print $1 }' /etc/fstab)
+
 	for node in $@ ; do
+		# Prefix /dev/ if necessary.
 		[[ ${node} != /dev/* ]] && node=/dev/${node}
-		[[ -e ${node} ]] && continue
-
-		dir=${node%/*}
-		[[ ! -d ${dir} ]] && mkdir -p "${dir}"
 
-		minor=${node##*/}
-		mknod "${node}" b ${MAJOR} ${minor##*md} &> /dev/null
+		# Split out devdir and devfile, create devdir if necessary.
+		devdir=${node%/*}
+		devfile=${node##*/}
+		[[ ! -d ${devdir} ]] && mkdir -p "${devdir}"
+
+		# Setup major, minor.
+		if [[ ${devfile#md_d} != ${devfile} ]]; then
+			major=${MAJOR_MDP}
+			minor=${devfile##*md_d}
+			# Due to partition minors, mdp minors are 64-spaced.
+			let minor=minor*64
+		else
+			major=${MAJOR_MD}
+			minor=${devfile##*md}
+		fi
+
+		# Create the node, if necessary.
+		[[ ! -e ${node} ]] && mknod "${node}" b ${major} ${minor} &> /dev/null
+
+		# For mdp, we may need to create partition nodes too.
+		if [[ ${major} -eq ${MAJOR_MDP} ]]; then
+			# Loop thru partnodes (scanned in from fstab outside the loop).
+			for partnode in $partnodes; do
+				# Split out the partfile.
+				partfile=${partnode##*/}
+				
+				# If partition on mdp devfile being processed...
+				if [[ ${partfile%p*} = ${devfile} ]]; then
+					# ... split out the partnum, add to it the mdp minor, and...
+					partnum=${partfile##md_d*p}
+					let partnum=partnum+minor
+
+					# ... create the partition devnode, if necessary.
+					[[ ! -e ${partnode} ]] && mknod "${partnode}" b ${major} ${partnum}
+				fi
+			done
+		fi
 	done
 }