run_hook ()
{
	SPLASH_INIT_MESSAGE="Initializing the kernel"
	SPLASH_MODE_REQ="off"
	SPLASH_THEME="default"
	SPLASH_TTY=16
	SPLASH_TEXTBOX="no"
	SPLASH_AUTOVERBOSE=0

	. /etc/conf.d/splash

	# Kernel parameters override config file
	local ifs="$IFS"
	IFS=','
	set -- $splash
	IFS="$ifs"
	local arg effects
	for arg in "$@"; do
		case "$arg"
		in off      ) SPLASH_MODE_REQ="off"
		;; silent   ) SPLASH_MODE_REQ="silent"
		;; verbose  ) SPLASH_MODE_REQ="verbose"
		;; theme:?* ) SPLASH_THEME="${arg#theme:}"
		;;   tty:?* ) SPLASH_TTY="${arg#tty:}"
		;; insane   ) SPLASH_SANITY="insane"
		;; fadein | fadeout ) effects="$effects,$arg"
		esac
	done
	if [ -n "$effects" ]; then
		SPLASH_EFFECTS="${effects#,}"
	fi

	if [ "${SPLASH_MODE_REQ}" != "silent" ]; then
		return
	fi

	if ! [ "$console" = tty1 -o "$SPLASH_SANITY" = insane ]; then
		err "Fbsplash requires console=tty1 in kernel line!"
		return 1
	fi

	# Start the daemon here if possible
	# to show animations early and gain some bootup speed
	if [ -x /sbin/fbsplashd.static ]; then
		if [ -x /etc/splash/"$SPLASH_THEME"/scripts/rc_init-pre ]; then
			msg "Found '/etc/splash/$SPLASH_THEME/scripts/rc_init-pre'"
			msg "Not starting Fbsplash daemon - no theme hook support in initcpio."
		else
			msg "Starting Fbsplash Daemon"
			(
				set -e
				# Hold the cache and fifo within /dev to get it moved to the new root
				mkdir /dev/.splash-cache
				# code line derived from splash-functions.sh
				mount -t tmpfs cachedir /dev/.splash-cache -o rw,mode=0644,size=4096k
				# Take over any existing cache content
				mkdir -p /lib/splash/cache
				mv /lib/splash/cache /lib/splash/.splash-cache
				cp -a /lib/splash/.splash-cache /dev/
				ln -s /dev/.splash-cache /lib/splash/cache
				mkfifo -m 600 /lib/splash/cache/.splash
				# Wait for any fbcondecor fadein - may take very long on some broken systems
				i=0
				while [ -n "$( pidof fbcondecor_helper )" ]; do
					if [ $i -ge 50 ]; then
						err "timeout on waiting for fbcondecor_helper to die!"
						exit 1
					fi
					sleep .1
					i=$(( i + 1 ))
				done
				# Actually start the daemon
				options=""
				[ -n "$SPLASH_THEME"      ] && options="$options --theme=$SPLASH_THEME"
				[ -n "$SPLASH_EFFECTS"    ] && options="$options --effects=$SPLASH_EFFECTS"
				[ "$SPLASH_TEXTBOX" = yes ] && options="$options --textbox"
				cd /dev/.splash-cache
				BOOT_MSG="${SPLASH_INIT_MESSAGE}" \
					/sbin/fbsplashd.static --type=bootup --pidfile=daemon.pid $options
				(
					echo set tty silent $SPLASH_TTY
					echo set mode silent
					echo repaint
					echo set autoverbose $SPLASH_AUTOVERBOSE
				) >/lib/splash/cache/.splash &
			)
			return
		fi
	fi

	# Start the fbcondecor helper if not already done by fbcondecor kernel
	(
		# code copied from splash-functions.sh
		fbcondecor_supported() {
			[ -e /dev/fbsplash -o -e /dev/fbcondecor ]
		}
		if ! fbcondecor_supported; then
			BOOT_MSG="${SPLASH_INIT_MESSAGE}" \
				/sbin/fbcondecor_helper 2 init 0 0 $SPLASH_THEME
		fi
	)
}