3 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
index 44f0007daf..59e1e3f194 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ do_install_append() {
         if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
                 install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
                 install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/psplash-init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/psplash.sh
+
+                # make fifo for psplash
+                install -d ${D}/mnt
+                mkfifo ${D}/mnt/psplash_fifo
         fi
 
         if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
@@ -122,3 +126,5 @@ SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'systemd', 'pspl
 
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "psplash.sh"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 0 S . stop 20 0 1 6 ."
+
+FILES_${PN} += "/mnt"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc
index c9f6558115..8e76f987c1 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rc
@@ -175,6 +175,5 @@ startup() {
 if [ "x$runlevel" != "xS" ] && [ ! -x /etc/rc${runlevel}.d/S??xserver-nodm ]; then
     if type psplash-write >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         psplash-write "QUIT" || true
-        umount -l /mnt/.psplash
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rcS-default b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rcS-default
index c576ff0678..76af22b359 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rcS-default
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit/rcS-default
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ ROOTFS_READ_ONLY=no
 # need to have specific behavior depending on init system
 INIT_SYSTEM=sysvinit
 # set the psplash fifo directory
-PSPLASH_FIFO_DIR=/mnt/.psplash
+PSPLASH_FIFO_DIR=/mnt