[Atrix 4G Android Development] mvniekerk:
1697 19:43:35.612710 open("/dev/log/main", O_WRONLY) = 3
1697 19:43:35.612897 open("/dev/log/radio", O_WRONLY) = 4
1697 19:43:35.613083 open("/dev/log/events", O_WRONLY) = 5
1697 19:43:35.625796 open("/dev/log/system", O_WRONLY) = 6
1697 19:43:35.626018 writev(3, [{"\4", 1}, {"Netd\0", 5}, {"Netd 1.0 starting\0", 18}], 3) = 24
1697 19:43:35.626365 brk(0x13000) = 0x13000
1697 19:43:35.626509 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 7
1697 19:43:35.626663 getpid() = 1697
1697 19:43:35.626785 socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, 15) = 11
1697 19:43:35.626952 setsockopt(11, SOL_SOCKET, 0x21 /* SO_??? */, [65536], 4) = 0
1697 19:43:35.627099 setsockopt(11, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PASSCRED, [1], 4) = 0
1697 19:43:35.627234 bind(11, {sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=1697, groups=ffffffff}, 12) = 0
1697 19:43:35.627397 mmap2(NULL, 69632, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40009000
1697 19:43:35.627557 getsockopt(11, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERCRED, "\0\0\0\0��������", [12]) = 0
1697 19:43:35.627718 pipe([12, 13]) = 0
1697 19:43:35.627891 mmap2(0x10000000, 1048576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0) = 0x10000000
1697 19:43:35.628027 mprotect(0x10000000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0
1697 19:43:35.628173 clone(child_stack=0x100fff00, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_DETACHED) = 1698
1697 19:43:35.628371 listen(9, 4) = 0
1697 19:43:35.628495 pipe([14, 15]) = 0
1697 19:43:35.628648 mmap2(0x10000000, 1048576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0) = 0x4001a000
1697 19:43:35.628782 mprotect(0x4001a000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0
1697 19:43:35.628923 clone(child_stack=0x40119f00, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_DETACHED) = 1699
1697 19:43:35.629080 listen(10, 4) = 0
1697 19:43:35.629203 pipe([16, 17]) = 0
1697 19:43:35.629356 mmap2(0x10000000, 1048576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0) = 0x4011a000
1697 19:43:35.629521 mprotect(0x4011a000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0
1697 19:43:35.629667 clone(child_stack=0x40219f00, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_DETACHED) = 1700
1697 19:43:35.629820 nanosleep({1000, 0}, <unfinished ...>
1698 19:43:35.629966 syscall_983045(0x100fff00, 0x125c8, 0, 0x40, 0x100fff00, 0xaef01e71, 0x40009008, 0xf0005, 0x10000000, 0xaef01e71, 0x100000, 0x40009008, 0, 0x100ffee8, 0xafd120a0, 0xafd0c80c, 0x60000010, 0x100fff00, 0xb729, 0x7665642f, 0x676f6c2f, 0x7379732f, 0x6d6574, 0x64544800, 0x64696f72, 0x6f732e, 0, 0x6f, 0, 0, 0, 0) = 0
1698 19:43:35.630125 select(13, [11 12], NULL, NULL, NULL <unfinished ...>
1699 19:43:35.630262 syscall_983045(0x40119f00, 0x12728, 0, 0x40, 0x40119f00, 0xaef01e71, 0x12678, 0xf0005, 0x4001a000, 0xaef01e71, 0x100000, 0x12678, 0, 0x40119ee8, 0xafd120a0, 0xafd0c80c, 0x60000010, 0x40119f00, 0xb729, 0x7665642f, 0x676f6c2f, 0x7379732f, 0x6d6574, 0x64544800, 0x64696f72, 0x6f732e, 0, 0x6f, 0, 0, 0, 0) = 0
1699 19:43:35.630421 select(15, [9 14], NULL, NULL, NULL <unfinished ...>
1700 19:43:35.630553 syscall_983045(0x40219f00, 0x12768, 0, 0x40, 0x40219f00, 0xaef01e71, 0x112d8, 0xf0005, 0x4011a000, 0xaef01e71, 0x100000, 0x112d8, 0, 0x40219ee8, 0xafd120a0, 0xafd0c80c, 0x60000010, 0x40219f00, 0xb729, 0x7665642f, 0x676f6c2f, 0x7379732f, 0x6d6574, 0x64544800, 0x64696f72, 0x6f732e, 0, 0x6f, 0, 0, 0, 0) = 0
1700 19:43:35.630712 select(17, [10 16], NULL, NULL, NULLULL^C

Before netd fs off into oblivion.

Right, replacing netd then. Not keen - this is suppose to work out of the box.