===== udevd.c 1.10 vs edited =====
--- 1.10/udevd.c	Mon Feb  2 09:19:41 2004
+++ edited/udevd.c	Thu Feb  5 00:51:39 2004
@@ -205,16 +205,20 @@
 	}
 }
 
-/* move message from incoming to exec queue */
-static void msg_move_exec(struct list_head *head)
+static void exec_queue_activate(void)
 {
-	list_move_tail(head, &exec_list);
-	/* signal queue activity to manager */
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&exec_active_lock);
 	pthread_cond_signal(&exec_active);
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&exec_active_lock);
 }
 
+/* move message from incoming to exec queue */
+static void msg_move_exec(struct list_head *head)
+{
+	list_move_tail(head, &exec_list);
+	exec_queue_activate();
+}
+
 /* queue management thread handles the timeouts and dispatches the events */
 static void *msg_queue_manager(void * parm)
 {
@@ -298,9 +302,17 @@
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&msg_lock);
-	msg_queue_insert(msg);
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&msg_lock);
+	/* if no seqnum is given, we move straight to exec queue */
+	if (msg->seqnum == 0) {
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&exec_lock);
+		list_add(&msg->list, &exec_list);
+		exec_queue_activate();
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&exec_lock);
+	} else {
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&msg_lock);
+		msg_queue_insert(msg);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&msg_lock);
+	}
 
 exit:
 	close(sock);
===== udevsend.c 1.14 vs edited =====
--- 1.14/udevsend.c	Mon Feb  2 19:42:41 2004
+++ edited/udevsend.c	Thu Feb  5 01:18:52 2004
@@ -148,11 +148,10 @@
 	}
 
 	seqnum = get_seqnum();
-	if (seqnum == NULL) {
-		dbg("no seqnum");
-		goto exit;
-	}
-	seq = atoi(seqnum);
+	if (seqnum == NULL)
+		seq = 0;
+	else
+		seq = atoi(seqnum);
 
 	sock = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 	if (sock == -1) {