diff --git a/core/udev/11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules b/core/udev/11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd3e89597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Plugbox Linux USB and SD-card automounter
+
+KERNEL!="sd[a-z]*|mmcblk[0-9]p[0-9]", GOTO="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"
+ACTION=="add", PROGRAM!="/sbin/blkid %N", GOTO="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"
+# Do not mount devices on boot because otherwise fsck may fail
+ACTION=="add", PROGRAM!="/bin/grep ' / / rw[, ]' /proc/self/mountinfo", GOTO="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"
+
+# Global mount options
+ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="noatime,users"
+# Filesystem specific options
+ACTION=="add", PROGRAM=="/sbin/blkid -o value -s TYPE %E{device}", RESULT=="vfat|ntfs", ENV{mount_options}="%E{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002"
+
+# Get label
+ACTION=="add", PROGRAM=="/sbin/blkid -o value -s LABEL %N", ENV{dir_name}="%c"
+# Use basename to correctly handle labels such as ../mnt/foo
+ACTION=="add", PROGRAM=="/usr/bin/basename '%E{dir_name}'", ENV{dir_name}="%c"
+ACTION=="add", ENV{dir_name}!="?*", ENV{dir_name}="usbhd-%k"
+
+ACTION=="add", ENV{dir_name}=="?*", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p '/media/%E{dir_name}'", RUN+="/bin/mount -o %E{mount_options} /dev/%k '/media/%E{dir_name}'"
+ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}=="?*", RUN+="/bin/umount -l '/media/%E{dir_name}'"
+ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}=="?*", RUN+="/bin/rmdir '/media/%E{dir_name}'"
+LABEL="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"
diff --git a/core/udev/81-arch.rules b/core/udev/81-arch.rules
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..40e0a7c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/81-arch.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Udev rules for Archlinux by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
+# do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on update
+#
+# There are a number of modifiers that are allowed to be used in some
+# of the different fields. They provide the following subsitutions:
+#
+# %n the "kernel number" of the device.
+#    For example, 'sda3' has a "kernel number" of '3'
+# %k the kernel name for the device.
+# %M the kernel major number for the device
+# %m the kernel minor number for the device
+# %b the bus id for the device
+# %c the string returned by the PROGRAM
+# %s{filename} the content of a sysfs attribute.
+# %% the '%' char itself.
+#
+# There are a number of modifiers that are allowed to be used in some of the
+# fields.  See the udev man page for a full description of them.
+# global stuff
+#
+
+#####################################
+###### Hotplug rules - begin
+# Only additional modules, 
+# which are not detectable,
+# are loaded here!
+#####################################
+# check if the device has already been claimed by a driver
+ACTION!="add", GOTO="drivers_end"
+
+# SOUND addon modules
+SUBSYSTEM=="sound", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh snd-pcm-oss"
+SUBSYSTEM=="sound", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh snd-seq-oss"
+
+#PNP addon modules
+SUBSYSTEM=="pnp", ENV{MODALIAS}!="?*", ATTRS{id}=="PNP0800", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh pcspkr"
+SUBSYSTEM=="pnp", ENV{MODALIAS}!="?*", ATTRS{id}=="*PNP051[01]*", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh irtty-sir"
+SUBSYSTEM=="pnp", ENV{MODALIAS}!="?*", ATTRS{id}=="PNPb02f", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh analog"
+
+# PARPORT addon modules
+SUBSYSTEM=="pnp", ENV{MODALIAS}!="?*", ATTRS{id}=="PNP040*", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh lp"
+SUBSYSTEM=="pnp", ENV{MODALIAS}!="?*", ATTRS{id}=="PNP040*", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh ppdev"
+
+# fix ide cdrom detection on old proliant servers
+SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ENV{MODALIAS}=="pci:v00000E11d00000001sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc02i00", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh ide-generic"
+
+LABEL="drivers_end"
+#####################################
+##### Hotplug rules - end
+#####################################
+
+#####################################
+###### CD/DVD symlinks - begin
+#####################################
+ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEMS=="ide", KERNEL=="hd[a-z]", IMPORT="cdrom_id --export $tempnode"
+ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sr[0-9]*", IMPORT="cdrom_id --export $tempnode"
+ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="scd[a-z]", IMPORT="cdrom_id --export $tempnode"
+ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", SYMLINK+="cd/cdrom-%b"
+ENV{ID_CDROM_CD_RW}=="?*", SYMLINK+="cd/cdrw-%b"
+ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD}=="?*", SYMLINK+="cd/dvd-%b"
+ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD_R}=="?*", SYMLINK+="cd/dvdrw-%b"
+ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEMS=="ide", KERNEL=="hd[a-z]", ATTR{removable}=="1", ATTRS{media}=="cdrom*", RUN+="cdsymlinks.sh"
+ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sr[0-9]*", ATTRS{type}=="5", RUN+="cdsymlinks.sh"
+ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", ATTRS{type}=="5", RUN+="cdsymlinks.sh"
+ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEMS=="block", KERNEL=="hd[a-z]", RUN+="cdsymlinks.sh"
+ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEMS=="block", KERNEL=="sr[0-9]*", RUN+="cdsymlinks.sh"
+ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEMS=="block", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", RUN+="cdsymlinks.sh"
+#####################################
+###### CD/DVD symlinks - end
+#####################################
+
+#####################################
+# Additional Archlinux
+# Permissions and Symlinks - begin
+#####################################
+# fix /dev/root symlink
+SUBSYSTEM=="block", RUN+="root-link.sh"
+
+# permission for sg devices
+KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", ATTRS{type}!="3|6", GROUP="disk", MODE="0660"
+
+# permissions for IDE CD devices
+SUBSYSTEMS=="ide", KERNEL=="hd[a-z]", ATTR{removable}=="1", ATTRS{media}=="cdrom*", GROUP="optical"
+
+# permissions for SCSI CD devices
+SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sr[0-9]*", ATTRS{type}=="5", SYMLINK+="scd%n", GROUP="optical"
+SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", ATTRS{type}=="5", GROUP="optical"
+
+# permissions for removable devices like cardreaders or sticks
+KERNEL=="sd*", ATTRS{scsi_level}=="3", ATTRS{type}=="0", GROUP="storage"
+
+# permissions for firewire external drives
+KERNEL=="sd*", ATTRS{scsi_level}=="5", GROUP="storage"
+
+# permissions for usb to scsi external adapters
+KERNEL=="sd*", ATTRS{scsi_level}=="3", ATTRS{type}=="7", GROUP="storage"
+
+# permissions for ide storage like pcmcia card readers
+ACTION!="add", GOTO="pcmcia_end"
+SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="pcmcia_end"
+KERNEL=="hd*[!0-9]", IMPORT{program}="ata_id --export $tempnode"
+KERNEL=="hd*", IMPORT{parent}=="ID_*"
+KERNEL=="hd*", ENV{ID_TYPE}=="generic", GROUP="storage"
+LABEL="pcmcia_end"
+
+# permissions for SCSI scanners
+SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", ATTRS{type}=="6", GROUP="scanner"
+
+# mem
+KERNEL=="ram0", SYMLINK+="ramdisk"
+KERNEL=="ram1", SYMLINK+="ram"
+
+# video4linux
+
+KERNEL=="vbi0",		SYMLINK+="vbi"
+KERNEL=="radio0",	SYMLINK+="radio"
+KERNEL=="radio[0-9]*",	GROUP="video"
+KERNEL=="video0",	SYMLINK+="video"
+KERNEL=="vtx0",		SYMLINK+="vtx"
+
+# video devices
+### xorg resets those permissions, adjust your xorg.conf!
+KERNEL=="3dfx*",	GROUP="video"
+KERNEL=="fb[0-9]*",	GROUP="video"
+
+# misc
+KERNEL=="sgi_fetchop",	MODE="0666"
+KERNEL=="sonypi",	MODE="0666"
+
+# USB devices
+KERNEL=="legousbtower*", MODE="0666"
+
+# IEEE1394 (firewire) devices
+KERNEL=="raw1394",	GROUP="video"
+
+# kbd devices
+KERNEL=="kbd", MODE="0664"
+
+# miscellaneous
+KERNEL=="rtc|rtc0", GROUP="audio", MODE="0664"
+#######################################
+# Permissions and Symlinks - end
+#######################################
diff --git a/core/udev/PKGBUILD b/core/udev/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..777fc08fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# $Id: PKGBUILD 68156 2010-02-11 07:06:43Z tpowa $
+# Maintainer: Aaron Griffin <aaron@archlinux.org>
+# Maintainer: Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
+# Maintainer: Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>
+
+pkgbase="udev"
+pkgname=('udev' 'udev-compat')
+pkgver=151
+pkgrel=3
+arch=(i686 x86_64)
+url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html"
+license=('GPL')
+groups=('base')
+# older initscripts versions required start_udev
+options=(!makeflags !libtool)
+makedepends=('glibc' 'coreutils' 'util-linux' 'libusb' 'glib2' 'kernel26' 'gperf' 'libxslt' 'gobject-introspection')
+source=(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2
+        81-arch.rules
+	load-modules.sh
+	cdsymlinks.sh
+	root-link.sh
+        arch-udev-rules.patch
+	ignore-remove.sh
+        firmware-loader-fix-missing-firmware.patch
+	11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules)
+md5sums=('aeae0e6273dcbec246c3c1b9868ebed1'
+         '6393ee81993f8b9beb776ca904005864'
+         'a2d0d59742b80b3b28ed498718654eb7'
+         '2e808ee78d237c478b57af2a68d43769'
+         '2d6dc6842464f107bccc68cd505a6c31'
+         '22c1f059cdeddaac5e7fe33b007da6a3'
+         '35fa97500243a79b2370fa4684828e69'
+         'ec1fa2ecaff2e8efc611cb70568630ad'
+	 '6abee92d6289a0dfe1b86861fce8131f')
+
+build() {
+  cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
+  # The new firmware loader has a bug where modprobe will hang 60 seconds when a
+  # firmware file is missing. Fix this by properly reporting error to the kernel
+  patch -p1 -i "$srcdir"/firmware-loader-fix-missing-firmware.patch || return 1
+  ./configure --prefix="" --mandir=/usr/share/man\
+                          --includedir=/usr/include\
+                          --libexecdir=/lib/udev\
+                          --datarootdir=/usr/share
+  make || return 1
+}
+  
+package_udev() {
+  pkgdesc="The userspace dev tools (udev)"
+  depends=('glibc' 'coreutils' 'util-linux' 'libusb' 'glib2'
+           'module-init-tools>=3.11')
+  install=udev.install
+  backup=(etc/udev/udev.conf
+          etc/modprobe.d/framebuffer_blacklist.conf)
+  conflicts=('pcmcia-cs' 'hotplug' 'initscripts<2009.07')
+  replaces=('devfsd')
+  
+  cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
+  make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
+  # Fix pkgconfig path
+  install -d -m755 $pkgdir/usr/lib
+  mv $pkgdir/lib/pkgconfig $pkgdir/usr/lib
+  # Fix ConsoleKit path
+  mv $pkgdir/lib/ConsoleKit $pkgdir/usr/lib
+  # Install our rule for permissions and symlinks
+  install -D -m644 $srcdir/81-arch.rules $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/81-arch.rules
+  # install our module loading subsystem
+  install -D -m755 $srcdir/load-modules.sh $pkgdir/lib/udev/load-modules.sh
+  # install cdsymlinks.sh
+  install -D -m755 $srcdir/cdsymlinks.sh $pkgdir/lib/udev/cdsymlinks.sh
+  # install root-link.sh
+  install -D -m755 $srcdir/root-link.sh $pkgdir/lib/udev/root-link.sh
+  # install ignore-remove.sh
+  install -D -m755 $srcdir/ignore-remove.sh $pkgdir/lib/udev/ignore-remove.sh
+  # disable error logging to prevent startup failures printed to vc on boot
+  sed -i -e 's|udev_log="err"|udev_log="0"|g' $pkgdir/etc/udev/udev.conf
+  # install additional standard rules files
+  for rule in $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver/rules/packages/*.rules; do
+      install -D -m 644 $rule $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/
+  done
+  # fix standard udev rules to fit to arch
+  cd $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/
+  patch -Np1 -i $srcdir/arch-udev-rules.patch || return 1
+  # remove .orig files
+  rm -f $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/*.orig
+  # disable persistent cdromsymlinks and network by default 
+  # and move it to /etc/udev/rules.d
+  mv $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules \
+     $pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules.optional
+  mv $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules \
+     $pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules.optional
+  # remove not needed rules
+  rm $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/40-ia64.rules
+  rm $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/40-ppc.rules
+  rm $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/40-s390.rules
+  rm $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/64-device-mapper.rules
+  rm $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid.rules
+
+  # create framebuffer blacklist
+  mkdir -p $pkgdir/etc/modprobe.d/
+  for mod in $(find /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/video -name '*fb.ko' -exec basename {} .ko \;); do 
+	echo "blacklist $mod" >> $pkgdir/etc/modprobe.d/framebuffer_blacklist.conf
+  done
+
+  # create static devices in /lib/udev/devices/
+  mkdir ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices
+  mkdir ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/pts
+  mkdir ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/shm
+
+  mknod -m 0600 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/console c 5 1 || return 1
+  mknod -m 0666 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3 || return 1
+  mknod -m 0660 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/zero c 1 5 || return 1
+  mknod -m 0666 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/kmsg c 1 11 || return 1
+
+  ln -snf /proc/self/fd ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/fd || return 1
+  ln -snf /proc/self/fd/0 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/stdin || return 1
+  ln -snf /proc/self/fd/1 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/stdout || return 1
+  ln -snf /proc/self/fd/2 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/stderr || return 1
+  ln -snf /proc/kcore ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/core || return 1
+
+  # these static devices are created for convenience, to autoload the modules if necessary
+  # /dev/loop0
+  mknod -m 0660 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/loop0 b 7 0 || return 1
+  chgrp disk ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/loop0 || return 1
+  # /dev/net/tun
+  mkdir ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/net
+  mknod -m 0666 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/net/tun c 10 200 || return 1
+  # /dev/fuse
+  mknod -m 0666 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/fuse c 10 229 || return 1
+  # /dev/ppp
+  mknod -m 0600 ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/devices/ppp c 108 0 || return 1
+
+  # Replace dialout group in rules with uucp group
+  for i in $pkgdir/lib/udev/rules.d/*.rules; do
+    sed -i -e 's#GROUP="dialout"#GROUP="uucp"#g' $i
+  done
+  
+  # Add Plugbox Linux USB and SD-card automount rules
+  mv $srcdir/11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules $pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/
+}
+
+package_udev-compat() {
+  pkgdesc="The userspace dev tools (udev) - additional rules for older kernels"
+  depends=('udev')
+  groups=('')
+  cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
+  install -d -m755 ${pkgdir}/lib/${pkgname}/rules.d
+  install -D -m644 ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/rules/gentoo/30-kernel-compat.rules ${pkgdir}/lib/udev/rules.d/30-kernel-compat.rules
+}
diff --git a/core/udev/arch-udev-rules.patch b/core/udev/arch-udev-rules.patch
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4292478c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/arch-udev-rules.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+diff -Nur rules.d/50-udev-default.rules rules.d.arch/50-udev-default.rules
+--- rules.d/50-udev-default.rules	2009-03-07 22:22:48.200242883 +0100
++++ rules.d.arch/50-udev-default.rules	2009-03-07 22:23:26.134434516 +0100
+@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@
+ KERNEL=="fd[0-9]", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{cmos}=="?*", RUN+="create_floppy_devices -c -t $attr{cmos} -m %M -M 0640 -G floppy $root/%k"
+ 
+ # cdrom
+-SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="sr[0-9]*", SYMLINK+="scd%n", GROUP="cdrom"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_generic", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="4|5", GROUP="cdrom"
+-KERNEL=="pktcdvd[0-9]*", GROUP="cdrom"
+-KERNEL=="pktcdvd", GROUP="cdrom"
++SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="sr[0-9]*", SYMLINK+="scd%n", GROUP="optical", MODE="0660"
++SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_generic", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="4|5", GROUP="optical", MODE="0660"
++KERNEL=="pktcdvd[0-9]*", GROUP="optical", MODE="0660"
++KERNEL=="pktcdvd", GROUP="optical", MODE="0660"
+ 
+ # tape
+-KERNEL=="ht[0-9]*|nht[0-9]*", GROUP="tape"
+-KERNEL=="pt[0-9]*|npt[0-9]*|pht[0-9]*", GROUP="tape"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_generic|scsi_tape", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="1|8", GROUP="tape"
++KERNEL=="ht[0-9]*|nht[0-9]*", GROUP="storage", MODE="0660"
++KERNEL=="pt[0-9]*|npt[0-9]*|pht[0-9]*", GROUP="storage", MODE="0660"
++SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_generic|scsi_tape", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="1|8", GROUP="storage", MODE="0660"
+ 
+ # block-related
+ KERNEL=="sch[0-9]*", GROUP="disk"
+@@ -116,5 +116,4 @@
+ KERNEL=="rrom[0-9]*",		MODE="0400"
+ 
+ # do not delete static device nodes
+-ACTION=="remove", NAME=="", TEST=="/lib/udev/devices/%k", OPTIONS+="ignore_remove"
+-ACTION=="remove", NAME=="?*", TEST=="/lib/udev/devices/$name", OPTIONS+="ignore_remove"
++ACTION=="remove", PROGRAM="ignore-remove.sh %r", OPTIONS+="ignore_remove"
+diff -Nur rules.d/80-drivers.rules rules.d.arch/80-drivers.rules
+--- rules.d/80-drivers.rules	2009-03-07 22:22:48.200242883 +0100
++++ rules.d.arch/80-drivers.rules	2009-03-07 22:22:54.757744454 +0100
+@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
+ 
+ ACTION!="add", GOTO="drivers_end"
+ 
+-DRIVER!="?*", ENV{MODALIAS}=="?*", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b $env{MODALIAS}"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="tifm", ENV{TIFM_CARD_TYPE}=="SD", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b tifm_sd"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="tifm", ENV{TIFM_CARD_TYPE}=="MS", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b tifm_ms"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="memstick", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b --all ms_block mspro_block"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="i2o", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b i2o_block"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="scsi", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="scsi_device", TEST!="[module/sg]", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b sg"
+-SUBSYSTEM=="module", KERNEL=="parport_pc", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -b ppdev"
++DRIVER!="?*", ENV{MODALIAS}=="?*", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh $env{MODALIAS}"
++SUBSYSTEM=="tifm", ENV{TIFM_CARD_TYPE}=="SD", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh tifm_sd"
++SUBSYSTEM=="tifm", ENV{TIFM_CARD_TYPE}=="MS", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh tifm_ms"
++SUBSYSTEM=="memstick", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh ms_block"
++SUBSYSTEM=="memstick", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh mspro_block"
++SUBSYSTEM=="i2o", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh i2o_block"
++SUBSYSTEM=="scsi", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="scsi_device", TEST!="[module/sg]", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh sg"
++SUBSYSTEM=="module", KERNEL=="parport_pc", RUN+="/lib/udev/load-modules.sh ppdev"
+ 
+ LABEL="drivers_end"
+ 
diff --git a/core/udev/cdsymlinks.sh b/core/udev/cdsymlinks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..498abda4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/cdsymlinks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Creates cdsymlinks in /dev
+# for Archlinux by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
+
+# check on cd/dvd drives and if persistant rules file is used
+if [ -d /dev/cd -a ! -e /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-cd.rules ]; then
+	# remove existing device files
+	rm /dev/cdrom*
+	rm /dev/cdrw*
+	rm /dev/dvd*
+	rm /dev/dvdrw*
+	# start creating symlinks
+	for i in /dev/cd/cdrom-*; do
+		if [ -h $i ]; then
+		[ "$CD_NUMBER" = "" ] && ln -s $i /dev/cdrom
+		[ "$CD_NUMBER" = "" ] && CD_NUMBER="-1"
+		! [ "$CD_NUMBER" = "" ] && CD_NUMBER="$((CD_NUMBER+1))" && ln -s $i /dev/cdrom$CD_NUMBER
+		fi
+	done
+	
+	for i in /dev/cd/cdrw-*; do
+		if [ -h $i ]; then
+		[ "$CDRW_NUMBER" = "" ] && ln -s $i /dev/cdrw
+		[ "$CDRW_NUMBER" = "" ] && CDRW_NUMBER="-1"
+		! [ "$CDRW_NUMBER" = "" ] && CDRW_NUMBER="$((CDRW_NUMBER+1))" && ln -s $i /dev/cdrw$CDRW_NUMBER
+		fi
+	done
+
+	for i in /dev/cd/dvd-*; do
+		if [ -h $i ]; then
+		[ "$DVD_NUMBER" = "" ] && ln -s $i /dev/dvd
+		[ "$DVD_NUMBER" = "" ] && DVD_NUMBER="-1"
+		! [ "$DVD_NUMBER" = "" ] && DVD_NUMBER="$((DVD_NUMBER+1))" && ln -s $i /dev/dvd$DVD_NUMBER
+		fi
+	done
+
+	for i in /dev/cd/dvdrw-*; do
+		if [ -h $i ]; then
+		[ "$DVDRW_NUMBER" = "" ] && ln -s $i /dev/dvdrw
+		[ "$DVDRW_NUMBER" = "" ] && DVDRW_NUMBER="-1"
+		! [ "$DVDRW_NUMBER" = "" ] && DVDRW_NUMBER="$((DVDRW_NUMBER+1))" && ln -s $i /dev/dvdrw$DVDRW_NUMBER
+		fi
+	done
+fi
diff --git a/core/udev/firmware-loader-fix-missing-firmware.patch b/core/udev/firmware-loader-fix-missing-firmware.patch
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b6b4fd30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/firmware-loader-fix-missing-firmware.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -Nur udev-151.orig/extras/firmware/firmware.c udev-151/extras/firmware/firmware.c
+--- udev-151.orig/extras/firmware/firmware.c	2009-12-15 16:19:30.000000000 +0100
++++ udev-151/extras/firmware/firmware.c	2010-01-31 13:17:09.195896260 +0100
+@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
+ 
+ 	util_path_encode(firmware, fwencpath, sizeof(fwencpath));
+ 	util_strscpyl(misspath, sizeof(misspath), udev_get_dev_path(udev), "/.udev/firmware-missing/", fwencpath, NULL);
++	util_strscpyl(loadpath, sizeof(loadpath), udev_get_sys_path(udev), devpath, "/loading", NULL);
+ 
+ 	if (fwfile == NULL) {
+ 		int err;
+@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@
+ 			udev_selinux_resetfscreatecon(udev);
+ 		} while (err == -ENOENT);
+ 		rc = 2;
++		set_loading(udev, loadpath, "-1");
+ 		goto exit;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -176,7 +178,6 @@
+ 	if (unlink(misspath) == 0)
+ 		util_delete_path(udev, misspath);
+ 
+-	util_strscpyl(loadpath, sizeof(loadpath), udev_get_sys_path(udev), devpath, "/loading", NULL);
+ 	set_loading(udev, loadpath, "1");
+ 
+ 	util_strscpyl(datapath, sizeof(datapath), udev_get_sys_path(udev), devpath, "/data", NULL);
diff --git a/core/udev/ignore-remove.sh b/core/udev/ignore-remove.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..be9bf664b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/ignore-remove.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+for f in ${DEVNAME} ${DEVLINKS}; do
+  if [ -e "/lib/udev/devices/${f#$1}" ]; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+done
+
+exit 1
diff --git a/core/udev/load-modules.sh b/core/udev/load-modules.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..02fa709b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/load-modules.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Implement blacklisting for udev-loaded modules
+
+[ $# -ne 1 ] && exit 1
+
+. /etc/rc.conf
+
+# grab modules from rc.conf
+BLACKLIST="${MOD_BLACKLIST[@]}"
+MODPROBE="/sbin/modprobe"
+LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger"
+RESOLVEALIAS="${MODPROBE} --resolve-alias"
+USEBLACKLIST="--use-blacklist"
+
+if [ -f /proc/cmdline ]; then 
+    for cmd in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
+        case $cmd in
+            disablemodules=*) eval $cmd ;;
+            load_modules=off) exit ;;
+        esac
+    done
+    #parse cmdline entries of the form "disablemodules=x,y,z"
+    if [ -n "$disablemodules" ]; then
+        BLACKLIST="$BLACKLIST $(echo $disablemodules | sed 's|,| |g')"
+    fi
+fi
+
+#MODULES entries in rc.conf that begin with ! are blacklisted
+for mod in ${MODULES[@]}; do
+    if [ "${mod}" != "${mod#!}" ]; then
+        BLACKLIST="$BLACKLIST ${mod#!}"
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$MOD_AUTOLOAD" = "yes" -o "$MOD_AUTOLOAD" = "YES" ]; then
+  if [ -n "${BLACKLIST}" ]; then
+    # If an alias name is on the blacklist, load no modules for this device
+    if echo "${BLACKLIST}" | /bin/grep -q -e " $1 " -e "^$1 " -e " $1\$"; then
+      $LOGGER -p info -t "$(basename $0)" "Not loading module alias '$1' because it is blacklisted"
+      exit
+    fi
+    #sanitize the blacklist
+    BLACKLIST="$(echo "$BLACKLIST" | sed -e 's|-|_|g')"
+    # Try to find all modules for the alias
+    mods=$($RESOLVEALIAS $1)
+    # If no modules could be found, try if the alias name is a module name
+    # In that case, omit the --use-blacklist parameter to imitate normal modprobe behaviour
+    [ -z "${mods}" ] && $MODPROBE -qni $1 && mods="$1" && USEBLACKLIST=""
+    [ -z "${mods}" ] && $LOGGER -p info -t "$(basename $0)" "'$1' is not a valid module or alias name"
+    for mod in ${mods}; do
+      # Find the module and all its dependencies
+      deps="$($MODPROBE -i --show-depends ${mod})"
+      [ $? -ne 0 ] && continue
+
+      #sanitize the module names
+      deps="$(echo "$deps" | sed \
+              -e "s#^insmod /lib.*/\(.*\)\.ko.*#\1#g" \
+              -e 's|-|_|g')"
+
+      # If the module or any of its dependencies is blacklisted, don't load it
+      for dep in $deps; do
+        if echo "${BLACKLIST}" | /bin/grep -q -e " ${dep} " -e "^${dep} " -e " ${dep}\$"; then
+          if [ "${dep}" = "${mod}" ]; then
+            $LOGGER -p info -t "$(basename $0)" "Not loading module '${mod}' for alias '$1' because it is blacklisted"
+          else
+            $LOGGER -p info -t "$(basename $0)" "Not loading module '${mod}' for alias '$1' because its dependency '${dep}' is blacklisted"
+          fi
+          continue 2
+        fi
+      done
+      # modprobe usually uses the "blacklist" statements from modprobe.conf only to blacklist all aliases
+      # of a module, but not the module itself. We use --use-blacklist here so that modprobe also blacklists
+      # module names if we resolved alias names manually above
+      $MODPROBE $USEBLACKLIST ${mod}
+    done
+  else
+    $MODPROBE $1
+  fi
+fi
+# vim: set et ts=4:
diff --git a/core/udev/root-link.sh b/core/udev/root-link.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..05273fe7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/root-link.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Creates root symlink in /dev
+# for Arch Linux by Roman Kyrylych <Roman.Kyrylych@gmail.com>
+
+if ! [ -L /dev/root ]; then 
+ln -s $(cat /proc/cmdline | sed "s: :\n:g" | grep root= | sed "s:root=::") /dev/root
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/udev/udev.install b/core/udev/udev.install
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b4ce3c81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/udev/udev.install
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  if [ "$(vercmp $2 100)" -lt 0 ]; then
+    echo "ATTENTION UDEV:"
+    echo "----------"
+    echo "udev >=098 rules syntax has changed, please update your own rules."
+    echo "udev >=099 Added persistent network and CD/DVD Symlink generator rules."
+    echo "Please read the instructions carefully before reboot."
+    echo "They are located in /etc/udev/readme-udev-arch.txt"
+    echo "----------"
+  fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+  # If a ramfs is mounted, we still need to make sure that /dev/{console,null,zero} exist
+  # The Archlinux installer bind-mounts /dev to /mnt/dev, thus making the real /dev invisible
+  ROOTDIR=""
+  [ "$(stat -c %D /)" != "$(stat -c %D /dev)" ] && ROOTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/udevinstall.XXXXXX)
+  [ -n "${ROOTDIR}" ] && mount --bind / ${ROOTDIR}
+  [ -c ${ROOTDIR}/dev/console ] || mknod -m600 ${ROOTDIR}/dev/console c 5 1
+  [ -c ${ROOTDIR}/dev/null ]    || mknod -m644 ${ROOTDIR}/dev/null c 1 3
+  [ -c ${ROOTDIR}/dev/zero ]    || mknod -m644 ${ROOTDIR}/dev/zero c 1 5
+  if [ -n "${ROOTDIR}" ]; then
+    umount ${ROOTDIR}
+    rmdir ${ROOTDIR}
+  fi
+}