This adds systemd socket activation (listening file descriptors passed on on startup), and systemd notification parts to the core mysql and bits of innodb that may take a bit of time. Scripts to convert from my.cnf settings to a socket activation file are included. support-files/mariadb.service has been included which replaces every bit of mysqld_safe with prebuilt systemd functionality. Systemd can be enabled at compile time and still will support non-system. Even when systemd compile time options are enabled, mysqld will still run in an existing init script or like an existing service. For review: https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/26 Thanks Jan for the innodb side of the review so far. -- -- Daniel Black, Engineer @ Open Query (http://openquery.com.au) Remote expertise & maintenance for MySQL/MariaDB server environments.