diff -Naur ../varnish-2.1.4/redhat/varnish.initrc ./redhat/varnish.initrc
--- ../varnish-2.1.4/redhat/varnish.initrc	2010-11-04 13:57:41.208455907 +0100
+++ ./redhat/varnish.initrc	2010-11-04 14:00:14.516330982 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 #
-# varnish Control the varnish HTTP accelerator
+# varnish Control the Varnish Cache
 #
 # chkconfig: - 90 10
 # description: Varnish is a high-perfomance HTTP accelerator
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 pidfile=/var/run/varnish.pid
 
 exec="/usr/sbin/varnishd"
+reload_exec="/usr/bin/varnish_reload_vcl"
 prog="varnishd"
 config="/etc/sysconfig/varnish"
 lockfile="/var/lock/subsys/varnish"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
 		echo $config not found
 		exit 6
 	fi
-	echo -n "Starting varnish HTTP accelerator: "
+	echo -n "Starting Varnish Cache: "
 
 	# Open files (usually 1024, which is way too small for varnish)
 	ulimit -n ${NFILES:-131072}
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@
 }
 
 stop() {
-	echo -n "Stopping varnish HTTP accelerator: "
+	echo -n "Stopping Varnish Cache: "
 	killproc -p $pidfile $prog
 	retval=$?
 	echo
@@ -93,7 +94,12 @@
 }
 
 reload() {
-	restart
+	if [ "$RELOAD_VCL" = "1" ]
+	then
+		$reload_exec
+	else
+		force_reload
+	fi
 }
 
 force_reload() {
diff -Naur ../varnish-2.1.4/redhat/varnish_reload_vcl ./redhat/varnish_reload_vcl
--- ../varnish-2.1.4/redhat/varnish_reload_vcl	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ./redhat/varnish_reload_vcl	2010-11-04 13:58:14.708330664 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# reload vcl revisited
+# A script that loads new vcl based on data from /etc/sysconfig/varnish
+# Ingvar Hagelund <ingvar@redpill-linpro.com>
+#
+# This is free software, distributed under the standard 2 clause BSD license,
+# see the LICENSE file in the Varnish documentation directory
+#
+# The following environment variables have to be set:
+# RELOAD_VCL, VARNISH_VCL_CONF, VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT
+# The following are optional:
+# VARNISH_SECRET_FILE, VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS
+#
+# Requires GNU bash and GNU date
+#
+
+debug=false
+
+missing() {
+	echo "Missing configuration variable: $1"
+	exit 2
+}
+
+print_debug() {
+	echo "
+Parsed configuration:
+RELOAD_VCL=\"$RELOAD_VCL\"
+VARNISH_VCL_CONF=\"$VARNISH_VCL_CONF\"
+VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS=\"$VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS\"
+VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT=\"$VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT\"
+VARNISH_SECRET_FILE=\"$VARNISH_SECRET_FILE\"
+"
+}
+
+# Read configuration
+. /etc/sysconfig/varnish
+
+$debug && print_debug
+
+# Check configuration
+if [ ! "$RELOAD_VCL" = "1" ]; then
+	echo "Error: RELOAD_VCL is not set to 1"
+	exit 2
+
+elif [ -z "$VARNISH_VCL_CONF" ]; then
+	echo "Error: VARNISH_VCL_CONF is not set"
+	exit 2
+
+elif [ ! -s "$VARNISH_VCL_CONF" ]; then
+	echo "Eror: VCL config $VARNISH_VCL_CONF is unreadable or empty"
+	exit 2
+
+elif [ -z "$VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS" ]; then
+	echo "Warning: VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS is not set, using 127.0.0.1"
+	VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS="127.0.0.1"
+
+elif [ -z "$VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT" ]; then
+	echo "Error: VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT is not set"
+	exit 2
+
+elif [ -z "$VARNISH_SECRET_FILE" ]; then
+	echo "Warning: VARNISH_SECRET_FILE is not set"
+	secret=""
+
+elif [ ! -s "$VARNISH_SECRET_FILE" ]; then
+	echo "Error: varnish secret file $VARNISH_SECRET_FILE is unreadable or empty"
+	exit 2
+else
+	secret="-S $VARNISH_SECRET_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Done parsing, set up command
+VARNISHADM="varnishadm $secret -T $VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS:$VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT"
+
+# Now do the real work
+new_config="reload_$(date +%FT%H:%M:%S)"
+
+# Check if we are able to connect at all
+if $VARNISHADM vcl.list > /dev/null; then
+	$debug && echo vcl.list succeeded
+else
+	echo "Unable to run $VARNISHADM vcl.list"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if $VARNISHADM vcl.list | awk ' { print $3 } ' | grep -q $new_config; then
+	echo Trying to use new config $new_config, but that is already in use
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+current_config=$( $VARNISHADM vcl.list | awk ' /^active/ { print $3 } ' )
+
+echo "Loading vcl from $VARNISH_VCL_CONF"
+echo "Current running config name is $current_config"
+echo "Using new config name $new_config"
+
+if $VARNISHADM vcl.load $new_config $VARNISH_VCL_CONF; then
+	$debug && echo "$VARNISHADM vcl.load succeded"
+else
+	echo "$VARNISHADM vcl.load failed"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if $VARNISHADM vcl.use $new_config; then
+	$debug && echo "$VARNISHADM vcl.use succeded"
+else
+	echo "$VARNISHADM vcl.use failed"
+	exit 1
+fi
+$VARNISHADM vcl.list
+echo Done
+exit 0
+
diff -Naur ../varnish-2.1.4/redhat/varnish.sysconfig ./redhat/varnish.sysconfig
--- ../varnish-2.1.4/redhat/varnish.sysconfig	2010-10-21 10:57:22.000000000 +0200
+++ ./redhat/varnish.sysconfig	2010-11-04 13:59:34.293455974 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
 # Maximum size of corefile (for ulimit -c). Default in Fedora is 0
 # DAEMON_COREFILE_LIMIT="unlimited"
 
+# Set this to 1 to make init script reload try to switch vcl without restart.
+# To make this work, you need to set the following variables
+# explicit: VARNISH_VCL_CONF, VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS,
+# VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT, VARNISH_SECRET_FILE, or in short,
+# use Alternative 3, Advanced configuration, below
+RELOAD_VCL=1
+
 # This file contains 4 alternatives, please use only one.
 
 ## Alternative 1, Minimal configuration, no VCL
@@ -34,12 +41,12 @@
 # one content server selected by the vcl file, based on the request.  Use a
 # fixed-size cache file.
 #
-DAEMON_OPTS="-a :6081 \
-             -T localhost:6082 \
-             -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
-             -u varnish -g varnish \
-             -S /etc/varnish/secret \
-             -s file,/var/lib/varnish/varnish_storage.bin,1G"
+#DAEMON_OPTS="-a :6081 \
+#             -T localhost:6082 \
+#             -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
+#             -u varnish -g varnish \
+#             -S /etc/varnish/secret \
+#             -s file,/var/lib/varnish/varnish_storage.bin,1G"
 
 
 ## Alternative 3, Advanced configuration
@@ -47,49 +54,53 @@
 # See varnishd(1) for more information.
 #
 # # Main configuration file. You probably want to change it :)
-# VARNISH_VCL_CONF=/etc/varnish/default.vcl
+VARNISH_VCL_CONF=/etc/varnish/default.vcl
 #
 # # Default address and port to bind to
 # # Blank address means all IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces, otherwise specify
 # # a host name, an IPv4 dotted quad, or an IPv6 address in brackets.
 # VARNISH_LISTEN_ADDRESS=
-# VARNISH_LISTEN_PORT=6081
+VARNISH_LISTEN_PORT=6081
 #
 # # Telnet admin interface listen address and port
-# VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
-# VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT=6082
+VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
+VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT=6082
+#
+# # Shared secret file for admin interface
+VARNISH_SECRET_FILE=/etc/varnish/secret
 #
 # # The minimum number of worker threads to start
-# VARNISH_MIN_THREADS=1
+VARNISH_MIN_THREADS=1
 #
 # # The Maximum number of worker threads to start
-# VARNISH_MAX_THREADS=1000
+VARNISH_MAX_THREADS=1000
 #
 # # Idle timeout for worker threads
-# VARNISH_THREAD_TIMEOUT=120
+VARNISH_THREAD_TIMEOUT=120
 #
 # # Cache file location
-# VARNISH_STORAGE_FILE=/var/lib/varnish/varnish_storage.bin
+VARNISH_STORAGE_FILE=/var/lib/varnish/varnish_storage.bin
 #
 # # Cache file size: in bytes, optionally using k / M / G / T suffix,
 # # or in percentage of available disk space using the % suffix.
-# VARNISH_STORAGE_SIZE=1G
+VARNISH_STORAGE_SIZE=1G
 #
 # # Backend storage specification
-# VARNISH_STORAGE="file,${VARNISH_STORAGE_FILE},${VARNISH_STORAGE_SIZE}"
+VARNISH_STORAGE="file,${VARNISH_STORAGE_FILE},${VARNISH_STORAGE_SIZE}"
 #
 # # Default TTL used when the backend does not specify one
-# VARNISH_TTL=120
+VARNISH_TTL=120
 #
 # # DAEMON_OPTS is used by the init script.  If you add or remove options, make
 # # sure you update this section, too.
-# DAEMON_OPTS="-a ${VARNISH_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${VARNISH_LISTEN_PORT} \
-#              -f ${VARNISH_VCL_CONF} \
-#              -T ${VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT} \
-#              -t ${VARNISH_TTL} \
-#              -w ${VARNISH_MIN_THREADS},${VARNISH_MAX_THREADS},${VARNISH_THREAD_TIMEOUT} \
-#              -u varnish -g varnish \
-#              -s ${VARNISH_STORAGE}"
+DAEMON_OPTS="-a ${VARNISH_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${VARNISH_LISTEN_PORT} \
+             -f ${VARNISH_VCL_CONF} \
+             -T ${VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT} \
+             -t ${VARNISH_TTL} \
+             -w ${VARNISH_MIN_THREADS},${VARNISH_MAX_THREADS},${VARNISH_THREAD_TIMEOUT} \
+             -u varnish -g varnish \
+             -S ${VARNISH_SECRET_FILE} \
+             -s ${VARNISH_STORAGE}"
 #