This release fixes some, but not all known bugs. It adds support for xz compressed initramfs. It also includes some massive performance improvements from Dan, which you should especially notice on crappy CPUs like Atom. Please sign off. Shortlog: Dan McGee (8): Move output functions to top of functions file Add new helper functions Use new get_module_name function Use new helper functions instead of system commands Short circuit add module if it already exists in image Add bash in_array function Keep an array of added modules to prevent expensive lookups Use install instead of mkdir/cp Dave Reisner (1): Set pipefail before running get_init_cpio Thomas Bächler (9): Enhance sleep hook to watch for device availability poll_device: Remove -h Remove some obsolete 'export's Revert "mkinitcpio: mount real root device instead of symlink" Use in_array instead of grep -w when checking SKIPHOOKS. poll_device: use 'echo' instead of 'msg'. Improve compression in mkinitcpio Simplify root file system detection Release mkinitcpio 0.6.9 Tobias Powalowski (3): add DAC960 scsi module to scsi hook again add loop module to avoid error messages from btrfs device scan remove loop from btrfs again, not needed