From f5f726ca1ea560aa1f05b0ce2848ed5517ea6f75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Red Bear OS <build@redbearos.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:59:40 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] init: 20_audiod.service oneshot_async to not block boot on
 missing audio hw

---
 init.d/20_audiod.service | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init.d/20_audiod.service b/init.d/20_audiod.service
index 68332093d3..b4c63f1209 100644
--- a/init.d/20_audiod.service
+++ b/init.d/20_audiod.service
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ requires_weak = [
 
 [service]
 cmd = "audiod"
-type = { scheme = "audio" }
+# oneshot_async, NOT a blocking scheme unit: as type={scheme="audio"} init
+# waits (call_ro) for audiod to hand back its scheme cap fd, but audiod does
+# not signal readiness on a machine with no audio hardware, so init blocks
+# here forever — before the console/login stack. Audio is not on the path to
+# login, so start it non-blocking (matches the redbear-mini audiod unit).
+type = "oneshot_async"