--- /n/sources/plan9/sys/include/9p.h	Mon Dec  1 20:51:46 2008
+++ /sys/include/9p.h	Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 2012
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
 	Tree*	tree;
 	void		(*destroyfid)(Fid*);
 	void		(*destroyreq)(Req*);
+	void		(*start)(Srv*);
 	void		(*end)(Srv*);
 	void*	aux;
 
--- /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/lib9p/srv.c	Sun Dec 11 21:07:45 2005
+++ /sys/src/lib9p/srv.c	Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 2012
@@ -702,6 +702,9 @@
 	srv->fpool->srv = srv;
 	srv->rpool->srv = srv;
 
+	if(srv->start)
+		srv->start(srv);
+
 	while(r = getreq(srv)){
 		if(r->error){
 			respond(r, r->error);