--- /var/tmp/portage/hal-0.5.5.1/work/hal-0.5.5.1/tools/linux/hal_hotplug.c	2005-11-02 16:38:14.000000000 +0100
+++ hal_hotplug.c	2005-12-09 21:53:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "../../hald/linux2/hotplug_helper.h"
 
@@ -108,7 +111,10 @@
 	char *seqnum_str;
 	char *devname;
 	int net_ifindex = -1;
-	unsigned long long seqnum;
+	unsigned long long seqnum = 0;
+	int shmfd, seqnum_wait = 0;
+	unsigned long long *lastseqnum = NULL;
+	struct timespec seqnum_sleep = { 0, 10000 }; // 10 msec wait between polls
 
 	if (argc != 2)
 		return 1;
@@ -151,6 +157,14 @@
 
 	devname = getenv ("DEVNAME");
 
+	if (fork()) exit(0);
+	shmfd = shm_open("/hal.hotplug",O_RDWR|O_CREAT,0600);
+	ftruncate(shmfd,sizeof(*lastseqnum));
+	lastseqnum = mmap(NULL,sizeof(*lastseqnum),PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,MAP_SHARED,shmfd,0);
+	if (lastseqnum) while (seqnum_wait++ < 50 && *lastseqnum < seqnum-1) nanosleep(&seqnum_sleep,NULL);
+
+	/*syslog (LOG_INFO, "ACTION=%s SUBSYS=%s SEQNUM=%s DEVPATH=%s PHYSDEVPATH=%s wait=%i", 
+	    getenv ("ACTION"), argv[1], getenv ("SEQNUM"), getenv ("DEVPATH"), getenv ("PHYSDEVPATH"), seqnum_wait); */
 
 	/* pickup ifindex for net as nameif'ing the interface a
 	 * hotplug event handler will screw us otherwise */
@@ -198,5 +212,6 @@
 	}
 
 out:
+	if (lastseqnum) *lastseqnum = seqnum;
 	return 0;
 }
--- /var/tmp/portage/hal-0.5.5.1/work/hal-0.5.5.1/tools/linux/Makefile.am	2005-12-09 21:57:17.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile.am	2005-12-09 21:57:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 endif
 
 hal_hotplug_SOURCES = hal_hotplug.c
+hal_hotplug_LDADD = -lrt
 
 
 clean-local :