0.8

• Add booster.log boot parameter that replaces and extends the functionality of booster.debug. ooster.debug is marked as deprecated.
• booster.disable_concurrent_module_loading boot parameter has been removed. This parameter has been used as a safety net if concurrent module loading does not work properly. Concurrent module loading has been thoroughly tested and found no major issues. Drop the unneeded parameter.
• Fix “too many open files” booster generator error (#76)
• Process udev and block scanning concurrently to increase the level of parallelism and reduce boot time.
• Refactor booster CLI. Add booster build, booster ls, booster cat, booster unpack subcommand to build/inspect initramfs images. This functionality is roughly equivalent to lsinitcpio (#11)
• Add sdhci_acpi to the list of modules required for eMMC (#90)
• Handle init= kernel parameter (#115)
• Handle devices with 4K sectors (#119)
• Fix GPU drivers loading (#120)
• Handle FAT16/FAT32 partitions correctly
• Add support for partitions used for hibernation
• Add uas to the list of default modules (#121)
• Handle multiple luks mappings in the kernel command line (#124)
• Handle firmware files compressed with xz (#127)
• Handle non-/usr filesystem hierarchy (such as used by Alpine Linux)
• Add /usr/lib64 to the list of elf directories to handle Fedora Linux (#137)
• Handle HWPATH=xxx device reference in boot parameters (#112)
• Handle WWID=XXX device reference in boot parameters (#111)
• (Experimental) Implement remote unlock functionality using Tang protocol. (#24)
• Unconditionally enable local echo for emergency shell (#144)
• Don't error-out if /etc/locale.conf doesn't exist
• Lookup executable under $PATH