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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2014 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+#
+# This file is part of the Emulab network testbed software.
+#
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public
+# License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+#
+# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
+# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
+# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
+
+# XXX compat with RedHat feature
+if [ ! -d /var/lock/subsys ]; then
+    mkdir /var/lock/subsys
+fi
+
+# XXX serial console seems to be in raw mode, makes our messages ugly :-)
+if [ ! -e /dev/hvc0 -a -c /dev/ttyS0 ]; then
+    stty -F /dev/ttyS0 opost onlcr
+fi
+
+#
+# Testbed Setup.
+#
+if [ -f /usr/local/etc/emulab/rc/rc.testbed ] ; then
+        echo -n 'testbed config: '
+        /usr/local/etc/emulab/rc/rc.testbed
+        touch /var/lock/subsys/testbed
+fi
+
+route add -net {{ control_net }} gw {{ gateway }} || true
+
+echo "Boot Complete"
+
+exit 0