diff --git a/mkinitrd-kill2.sh b/mkinitrd-kill2.sh
index 41b7454..73a35b6 100644
--- a/mkinitrd-kill2.sh
+++ b/mkinitrd-kill2.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 if test -n "$blogd_pid" ; then
     kill -QUIT "$blogd_pid"
     while [ -d "/proc/$blogd_pid" ]; do
-	usleep 300000
+	usleep 30000
     done
     if [ "$devpts" = "yes" ] ; then
 	umount -t devpts /dev/pts
diff --git a/startpar-0.52-preload.diff b/startpar-0.52-preload.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de1fd53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startpar-0.52-preload.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+--- startpar.c	2008-07-18 13:25:50.000000000 +0200
++++ startpar.c	2009-02-12 14:49:10.987760000 +0100
+@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
+ #include <sys/select.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
++#include <sys/socket.h>
++#include <sys/un.h>
+ #include <sys/sysinfo.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@
+ static char *run_mode = NULL;
+ static struct makenode **nodevec;
+ 
++static enum { Unknown, Preload, NoPreload } ispreload = Unknown;
++
+ #define PBUF_SIZE	8192
+ struct prg {
+   char *name;
+@@ -248,6 +252,10 @@
+   if (read_proc(&prcs_run, &prcs_blked))
+     return par;
+ 
++  /* if we have preload running, we expect I/O not to be a problem */
++  if (ispreload == Preload)
++    prcs_blked = 0;
++
+   newpar  = (par*numcpu) - prcs_run + 1; 	/* +1 for startpar its self */
+   newpar -= (int)(((double)prcs_blked)*iorate);	/* I/O load reduction */
+ 
+@@ -271,6 +279,8 @@
+   return checksystem(par, start, false);
+ }
+ 
++#define SOCK_PATH "/dev/shm/preload_sock"
++
+ void run(struct prg *p)
+ {
+   char *m = 0;
+@@ -341,6 +351,40 @@
+ 
+   closeall();
+ 
++  if (!strcmp(arg, "start")) 
++    { 
++      int s, t, len;
++      struct sockaddr_un remote;
++      char str[100];
++
++      s = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
++      if (s != -1) 
++	{
++	  memset(&remote, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
++	  remote.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
++	  strcpy(remote.sun_path, SOCK_PATH);
++	  len = strlen(remote.sun_path) + sizeof(remote.sun_family);
++
++	  t = connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&remote, len);
++	  if (t != -1) 
++	    {
++	      ispreload = Preload;
++	      send(s, p->name, strlen(p->name), 0);
++	      recv(s, str, 100, 0);
++	    } 
++	  else if ( ispreload == Unknown) 
++	    {
++	      /*
++	       * if we connected to preload once, we know it ran.
++	       * 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;
++	    }
++	  close(s);
++	}
++    }
++
+   if (run_mode)
+     {
+       char path[128];
+
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 3125ea4..c92b59a 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 12 14:53:14 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- support preload in its job in giving it the init scripts to preload
+- don't wait 0.3s when we need only 0.03
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb  6 00:36:27 CET 2009 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index 25379c9..f3f4596 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Group:          System/Base
 PreReq:         coreutils
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.86
-Release:        193
+Release:        194
 Summary:        SysV-Style init
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel libsepol-devel
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ 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-0.52-preload.diff
 
 %description
 System V style init programs by Miquel van Smoorenburg that control the
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ pushd ../showconsole-%{SCVER}
 popd
 pushd ../startpar-%{START}
 %patch -P 14
+%patch -P 20
 popd
 %_fixowner .
 %_fixgroup .
@@ -321,6 +323,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %doc %{_mandir}/man8/mkill.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 12 2009 coolo@suse.de
+- support preload in its job in giving it the init scripts to preload
+- don't wait 0.3s when we need only 0.03
 * Fri Feb 06 2009 ro@suse.de
 - fix build (move static int loop before first usage)
 * Tue Jan 27 2009 werner@suse.de