diff --git a/startpar-bootchart.diff b/startpar-bootchart.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c710c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startpar-bootchart.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- startpar.c	2009-03-25 16:52:25.357391610 +0100
++++ startpar.c	2009-03-25 21:22:50.145032810 +0100
+@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@
+   if (!strcmp(arg, "start")) 
+     { 
+       int s, t, len;
++      pid_t child;
+       struct sockaddr_un remote;
+       char str[100];
+ 
+@@ -397,6 +398,20 @@
+ 	      kill(parent, SIGUSR2);
+ 	    }
+ 	  close(s);
++          /*
++           * if we use preload, we fork again to make bootcharts easier to read.
++           * The reason is that the name of the init script will otherwise be used
++           * when in reality the above code waited for preload. If we fork away
++           * before the exec, the waiting code will be folded into startpar
++           */
++	  child = fork();
++          if (child) {
++		int status;
++		int ret = waitpid(child, &status, 0);
++		if (ret == -1)
++			perror("waitpid");
++		exit(WEXITSTATUS(status));
++          }
+ 	}
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/startpar-preload.diff b/startpar-preload.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f988a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startpar-preload.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+--- startpar.c	2009-03-25 16:16:59.308479056 +0100
++++ startpar.c	2009-03-25 16:52:25.357391610 +0100
+@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@
+ static int pidpipe[2];
+ static double iorate = 800.0;
+ 
++void sighandler_nopreload(int x)
++{
++    (void)x;
++    ispreload = NoPreload;
++}
++
++
++void sighandler_preload(int x)
++{
++    (void)x;
++    ispreload = Preload;
++}
++
+ void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+ {
+   void *r;
+@@ -253,14 +266,14 @@
+     return par;
+ 
+   /* if we have preload running, we expect I/O not to be a problem */
+-  if (ispreload == Preload)
++  if (ispreload != NoPreload)
+     prcs_blked = 0;
+ 
+   newpar  = (par*numcpu) - prcs_run + 1; 	/* +1 for startpar its self */
+   newpar -= (int)(((double)prcs_blked)*iorate);	/* I/O load reduction */
+ 
+ #if DEBUG
+-  fprintf(stderr, "checksystem par=%d newpar=%d (prcs_run=%u) %ld\n", par, newpar, prcs_run, time(0));
++  fprintf(stderr, "checksystem par=%d newpar=%d (prcs_run=%lu) %ld\n", par, newpar, prcs_run, time(0));
+   dump_status();
+ #endif
+   if (newpar <= 0)
+@@ -284,6 +297,7 @@
+ void run(struct prg *p)
+ {
+   char *m = 0;
++  pid_t parent = getpid();
+ 
+   p->len = 0;
+   p->pid = (pid_t)0;
+@@ -368,7 +382,8 @@
+ 	  t = connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&remote, len);
+ 	  if (t != -1) 
+ 	    {
+-	      ispreload = Preload;
++	      if (ispreload != Preload)
++		kill(parent, SIGUSR1);
+ 	      send(s, p->name, strlen(p->name), 0);
+ 	      recv(s, str, 100, 0);
+ 	    } 
+@@ -379,7 +394,7 @@
+ 	       * In case we can't connect to it later, it means it did
+ 	       * its job and we can guess I/O is no longer a problem. 
+ 	       */
+-	      ispreload = NoPreload;
++	      kill(parent, SIGUSR2);
+ 	    }
+ 	  close(s);
+ 	}
+@@ -601,6 +616,9 @@
+   char *run_level = getenv("RUNLEVEL");
+   char *splashopt = 0;
+ 
++  (void)signal(SIGUSR1, sighandler_preload);
++  (void)signal(SIGUSR2, sighandler_nopreload);
++
+   (void)signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+   numcpu = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+   myname = argv[0];
+
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index ed9702c..87b3dd9 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 25 21:32:51 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- exec one more time so that the preload part does not appear
+  under the name of the init script in bootcharts
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 25 18:06:13 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- fix the preload functionality in telling the parent process through
+  SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 about preload's presence
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 13 17:58:53 CET 2009 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index ec4c022..6de11d9 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Group:          System/Base
 PreReq:         coreutils
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.86
-Release:        201
+Release:        202
 Summary:        SysV-Style init
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel libsepol-devel
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Patch16:        sysvinit-2.86-full-time.patch
 Patch17:        sysvinit-2.86-hddown.patch
 Patch18:        sysvinit-2.86-selinux.patch
 Patch19:        sysvinit-2.86-fuse-no-kill.patch
+Patch20:        startpar-preload.diff
+Patch21:        startpar-bootchart.diff
 
 %description
 System V style init programs by Miquel van Smoorenburg that control the
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ pushd ../showconsole-%{SCVER}
 popd
 pushd ../startpar-%{START}
 %patch -P 14
+%patch -P 20
+%patch -P 21
 popd
 %_fixowner .
 %_fixgroup .
@@ -323,6 +327,12 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %doc %{_mandir}/man8/mkill.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 25 2009 coolo@suse.de
+- exec one more time so that the preload part does not appear
+  under the name of the init script in bootcharts
+* Wed Mar 25 2009 coolo@suse.de
+- fix the preload functionality in telling the parent process through
+  SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 about preload's presence
 * Fri Mar 13 2009 werner@suse.de
 - mkill: avoid signaling process which are on shadow mounts points
   that is e.g. processes on /dev/pts while running mkill on /dev