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+. /lib/functions.sh
+
+migrate_led_sysfs() {
+	local cfg="$1"; shift
+	local tuples="$@"
+	local sysfs
+	local name
+
+	config_get sysfs ${cfg} sysfs
+	config_get name ${cfg} name
+
+	[ -z "${sysfs}" ] && return
+
+	for tuple in ${tuples}; do
+		local old=${tuple%=*}
+		local new=${tuple#*=}
+		local new_sysfs
+
+		new_sysfs=$(echo ${sysfs} | sed "s/${old}/${new}/")
+
+		[ "${new_sysfs}" = "${sysfs}" ] && continue
+
+		uci set system.${cfg}.sysfs="${new_sysfs}"
+
+		logger -t led-migration "sysfs option of LED \"${name}\" updated to ${new_sysfs}"
+	done;
+}
+
+remove_devicename_led_sysfs() {
+	local cfg="$1"; shift
+	local exceptions="$@"
+	local sysfs
+	local name
+	local new_sysfs
+
+	config_get sysfs ${cfg} sysfs
+	config_get name ${cfg} name
+
+	# only continue if two or more colons are present
+	echo "${sysfs}" | grep -q ":.*:" || return
+
+	for exception in ${exceptions}; do
+		# no change if exceptions provided as argument are found for devicename
+		echo "${sysfs}" | grep -q "^${exception}:" && return
+	done
+
+	new_sysfs=$(echo ${sysfs} | sed "s/^[^:]*://")
+
+	uci set system.${cfg}.sysfs="${new_sysfs}"
+
+	logger -t led-migration "sysfs option of LED \"${name}\" updated to ${new_sysfs}"
+}
+
+migrate_leds() {
+	config_load system
+	config_foreach migrate_led_sysfs led "$@"
+}
+
+remove_devicename_leds() {
+	config_load system
+	config_foreach remove_devicename_led_sysfs led "$@"
+}
+
+migrations_apply() {
+	local realm="$1"
+	[ -n "$(uci changes ${realm})" ] && uci -q commit ${realm}
+}