diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e27c6ad4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+chrooted() {
+	# borrowed from udev's postinst
+	if [ "$(stat -c %d/%i /)" = "$(stat -Lc %d/%i /proc/1/root 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+		# the devicenumber/inode pair of / is the same as that of
+		# /sbin/init's root, so we're *not* in a chroot and hence
+		# return false.
+		return 1
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
+case "${ACTION}" in
+pre)
+	mkdir -p /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d
+
+	# First time install.  Can we autodetect the RESUME partition?
+	if [ -r /proc/swaps ]; then
+		RESUME=$(tail -n $(($(wc -l /proc/swaps | awk ' { print $1 } ') - 1)) \
+			/proc/swaps | sort -rk3 | head -n 1 | awk ' { print $1 } ')
+		if command -v vol_id >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			UUID=$(vol_id -u "$RESUME" || true)
+		elif [ -x /lib/udev/vol_id ]; then
+			UUID=$(/lib/udev/vol_id -u "$RESUME" || true)
+		fi
+		if [ -n "$UUID" ]; then
+			RESUME="UUID=$UUID"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# write conf.d/resume if not in a chroot
+	if [ -n "${RESUME}" ] && ! chrooted; then
+		echo "RESUME=${RESUME}" > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
+	fi
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/conf/initramfs.conf b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/conf/initramfs.conf
index fe5dd9c910..cba601a9da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/conf/initramfs.conf
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/conf/initramfs.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 # MODULES: [ most | netboot | dep | list ]
 #
-# most - Add all framebuffer, acpi, filesystem, and harddrive drivers.
+# most - Add most filesystem and all harddrive drivers.
 #
 # dep - Try and guess which modules to load.
 #
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ MODULES=most
 
 KEYMAP=n
 
+#
+# COMPRESS: [ gzip | bzip2 | lzma ]
+#
+
+COMPRESS=gzip
+
 #
 # NFS Section of the config.
 #
@@ -55,11 +61,3 @@ DEVICE=eth0
 
 NFSROOT=auto
 
-#
-# COMPRESSION_TYPE: [ gzip | bzip2 | lzma ]
-#
-# Compression type for the newly generated initramfs. By default
-# it's compressed with gzip.
-#
-
-COMPRESSION_TYPE=gzip
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_hook b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_hook
index a0d015ab40..683ddada47 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_hook
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_hook
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
+#
 #
 # This is an example hook script.  It will be run by 'mkinitramfs'
 # when it creates the image.  It's job is to decide which files to
@@ -8,39 +8,12 @@
 # package is installed, or when the administrator runs 'mkinitramfs'
 # by hand to update an initramfs image.
 #
-# TODO: What about the case where you install something that should be
-#	added to the initramfs, but the linux-image it relates to has
-#	already been installed previously?  Does this happen often
-#	enough that it needs to be handled?  How can it be handled?
-#
-#	* Think about the 'usplash'.  The initramfs will need to be
-#	 updated if a theme change or update is desired.  Maybe it
-#	 should not be totally automatic, but offered on upgrade
-#	 predicated on a user response to a debconf question?  That
-#	 issue needs to be explored and a solution specified.
-#
-#  * Do not assume that any needed subdirectories have been created
-#	yet, but don't bail out if they are already there.
-#
-#  * All of the standard system tools are available, of course, since
-#	this hook is running in the real system, not the initramfs.
-#
-#  * TODO: ... ?  Anything else to tell them in this bullet-list?
-#
-
-#
-# The environment contains at least:
-#
-#  CONFDIR -- usually /etc/mkinitramfs, can be set on mkinitramfs
+#  CONFDIR -- usually /etc/initramfs-tools, can be set on mkinitramfs
 #		 command line.
 #
 #  DESTDIR -- The staging directory where we are building the image.
-#
-# TODO: Decide what environment variables are meaningful and defined
-#	in this context, then document them as part of the interface.
-#
-# TODO: May need a version_compare function for comparison of VERSION?
-
+#  
+# see initramfs-tools(8)
 
 #
 # List the soft prerequisites here.  This is a space separated list of
@@ -80,7 +53,7 @@ esac
 # course may be other reasons to have custom logic deciding what to
 # install.  The version variable may be useful for this.
 #
-if [ -x /usr/bin/myprog ]; then
+if command -v myprog >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	copy_exec /usr/bin/myprog usr/bin
 fi
 
@@ -92,23 +65,4 @@ fi
 # ... and it should do what is necessary to have 'myprog' get run
 # inside the early runtime environment.
 
-# Handle an error:
-#
-if [ -n "$an_error_occured" ];
-then
-	#
-	# TODO: Do we need 'warn()', 'error()', and/or 'fatal()' for this?
-	#
-	echo "An error occured in $0: $an_error_occured" >&2
-	exit 1
-	#
-	# TODO: Decide if different error codes are meaningful, what they
-	#	mean, and what the semantics of them are wrt 'mkinitramfs'
-	#	pass or fail.  Consider naming the error values with
-	#	mnemonic symbols rather than magic numbers.  They may or
-	#	may not be the same set of errors as the set for
-	#	in-initramfs scripts.
-	#
-fi
-
 exit 0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_hook_cpiogz b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_hook_cpiogz
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e44d946e..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_hook_cpiogz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# The environment contains at least:
-#
-#  CONFDIR -- usually /etc/mkinitramfs, can be set on mkinitramfs
-#		 command line.
-#
-#  DESTDIR -- The staging directory where we are building the image.
-#
-# TODO: Decide what environment variables are meaningful and defined
-#	in this context, then document them as part of the interface.
-#
-# TODO: Write a common header for these examples or move this
-#	documentation to a man page and reference it here. :-)
-#
-
-#
-# List the soft prerequisites here.  This is a space separated list of
-# names, of scripts that are in the same directory as this one, that
-# must be run before this one can be.
-#
-PREREQ=""
-
-prereqs()
-{
-	echo "$PREREQ"
-}
-
-case $1 in
-# get pre-requisites
-prereqs)
-	prereqs
-	exit 0
-	;;
-esac
-
-#
-# Source the 'hook-functions' scriptlet (for 'catenate_cpiogz'):
-#
-. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
-
-#
-# Lets pretend it has a conffile (think debconf), and we source it
-# here.  Don't make debconf lookup calls here.  The postinst for the
-# package owning this hook script should have done that and configured
-# the "/etc/default/conffile" already.
-#
-# TODO: How does the package ensure that it's installed BEFORE the
-#	corresponding 'linux-image' package?  Can it declare that, in
-#	the case where it's an add-on that the 'linux-image' is not
-#	aware of?  This might be an apt and dpkg issue.
-#
-#	* Eg. an optional usplash or suspend2ui_fbsplash package.
-#
-. /etc/default/mypackage-initramfs
-
-#
-# Also pretend that we only include our initramfs overlay if an opion
-# is not "no", and the 'linux-image' package we are generating this
-# initramfs for matches the version this script's package is designed
-# for.  Just for example; pretend this example mkinitramfs hook script
-# is part of a 'linux-image' or 'xxx-modules' package.
-#
-if [ "$MYOPTION" != "no" -a "$version" = "2.6.12+ss2.1.9.1" ]; then
-	catenate_cpiogz /usr/lib/mypackage/initramfs.cpio.gz
-fi
-
-#
-# In this case, there does not have to be an (eg.):
-#
-#   "/etc/mkinitramfs/init-top/mypackage"
-#
-# ... since that script is probably inside of the initramfs overlay
-# already.  If it's a conffile though, it does not belong in there,
-# and should be placed in the appropriate location inside of
-# "/etc/mkinitramfs".  Remember that if it needs access to the
-# settings in our "/etc/default/mypackage-initramfs", then that file
-# must also get copied into a location inside of ${DESTDIR} by this
-# hook script in order to make it available inside of the initramfs
-# environment.
-#
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_script b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_script
index d7f407f7c7..5e9153b3ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_script
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/docs/example_script
@@ -2,45 +2,11 @@
 
 #
 # This script is run inside of the initramfs environment during the
-# system boot process.  It is installed there by 'mkinitramfs'.  The
-# package that owns it may opt to install it in either an appropriate
-# location under "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/", or a similar
-# location under "/etc/mkinitramfs/scripts/", depending upon whether
-# it should be considered to be a user modifiable conffile or not.
-#
-# TODO: How do we deal with the case where the package that installed
-#	this has been removed but not purged, if we always arbitrarily
-#	copy all of these scripts into the initramfs?
-#
-#  * The available toolset is limited inside this environment...
-#
-#	TODO: document that toolset in the man page.
-#
-#  * /dev, /proc, and /sys are already mounted.  / is a ?? ro/rw
-#	filesystem... etc. more documentation.
-#
-#  * It is expected that /proc and /sys will be umounted before
-#	changing over to the real root file system, so you must not keep
-#	any files open on them beyond these scripts.
-#
-#  * You may like to strip these documentation comments from this
-#	example if you take it for a template, to save a little space in
-#	the initramfs, since nobody will ever read it from inside of
-#	there anyhow.
-#
-
-#
-# The environment contains at least the following variables:
-#
-# TODO: Decide what environment variables are meaningful and defined
-#	in this context, then document them as part of the interface.
-#
-# Because this script will be run as a full separate process, rather
-# than sourced inside the context of the driver script, if it needs to
-# pass information to another script that may run after it, it must do
-# so by writing data to a file location known to both scripts.  Simply
-# setting an environment variable will not work.
+# system boot process.  It is installed there by 'update-initramfs'.
+# The # package that owns it may opt to install it in an appropriate
+# location under "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/".
 #
+# see initramfs-tools(8) for more details.
 
 #
 # List the soft prerequisites here.  This is a space separated list of
@@ -66,25 +32,4 @@ esac
 
 echo "Got here!"
 
-# Handle an error:
-
-if [ -n "$an_error_occured" ];
-then
-	#
-	# TODO: Do we need 'warn()', 'error()', and/or 'fatal()' for this?
-	# I think we ultimately do, and that they need to be in their own
-	# well-documented location so that an overlay can override them.
-	# Think 'usplash' progress updates.
-	#
-	echo "An error occured in $0: $an_error_occured" >&2
-	exit 1
-	#
-	# TODO: Decide if different error codes are meaningful, what they
-	#	mean, and what the semantics of them are wrt 'init' pass
-	#	or panic.  Consider naming the error values with mnemonic
-	#	symbols rather than magic numbers.
-	#
-fi
-
 exit 0
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/hook-functions b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/hook-functions
index 1c7a5fb773..2596d4dec5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/hook-functions
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/hook-functions
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ add_modules_from_file()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	sed -e '/^#/d' ${1} | while read module rest; do
-		force_load "${module}" "${rest}"
+	grep '^[^#]' ${1} | while read module args; do
+		[ -n "$module" ] || continue
+		force_load "${module}" "${args}"
 	done
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ manual_add_modules()
 	local mam_x firmwares firmware
 
 	for mam_x in $(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --ignore-install \
-	--show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '/^insmod/ { print $2 }'); do
+	--quiet --show-depends "${1}" | awk '/^insmod/ { print $2 }'); do
 		# Prune duplicates
 		if [ -e "${DESTDIR}/${mam_x}" ]; then
 			continue
@@ -70,7 +71,12 @@ manual_add_modules()
 			# Only print warning for missing fw of loaded module
 			# or forced loaded module
 			if [ ! -e "/lib/firmware/${firmware}" ] \
-			&& [ ! -e "/lib/firmware/${version}/${firmware}" ]; then
+			&& [ ! -e "/lib/firmware/${version}/${firmware}" ] ; then
+				# Only warn about missing firmware if
+				# /proc/modules exists
+				if [ ! -e /proc/modules ] ; then
+					continue
+				fi
 				if grep -q "^$(basename "${mam_x}" .ko)[[:space:]]" \
 				/proc/modules \
 				|| grep -q "^$(basename "${mam_x}" .ko)" \
@@ -145,6 +151,10 @@ copy_exec() {
 	fi
 
 	# Copy the dependant libraries
+	if ! command -v ldd >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		echo "WARNING: no ldd around - install glibc package."
+		exit 1
+	fi
 	for x in $(ldd ${source} 2>/dev/null | sed -e '
 	    /\//!d;
 	    /linux-gate/d;
@@ -152,8 +162,9 @@ copy_exec() {
 	    s/[[:blank:]]*\([^[:blank:]]*\) (.*)/\1/' 2>/dev/null); do
 
 		# Try to use non-optimised libraries where possible.
-		# We assume that all HWCAP libraries will be in tls.
-		nonoptlib=$(echo "${x}" | sed -e 's#/lib/\(tls\|i686\).*/\(lib.*\)#/lib/\2#')
+		# We assume that all HWCAP libraries will be in tls,
+		# sse2, vfp or neon.
+		nonoptlib=$(echo "${x}" | sed -e 's#/lib/\(tls\|i686\|sse2\|neon\|vfp\).*/\(lib.*\)#/lib/\2#')
 
 		if [ -e "${nonoptlib}" ]; then
 			x="${nonoptlib}"
@@ -176,14 +187,24 @@ copy_exec() {
 copy_modules_dir()
 {
 	local x_mod
+	local exclude
+	local dir="$1"
+	shift
 
-	if ! [ -d "${MODULESDIR}/${1}" ]; then
+	if ! [ -d "${MODULESDIR}/${dir}" ]; then
 		return;
 	fi
 	if [ "${verbose}" = "y" ]; then
-		echo "Copying module directory ${1}"
+		echo "Copying module directory ${dir}"
+		if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
+			echo "(excluding $*)"
+		fi
 	fi
-	for x_mod in $(find "${MODULESDIR}/${1}" -name '*.ko' -print); do
+	while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
+		exclude="$exclude -name $1 -prune -o "
+		shift
+	done
+	for x_mod in $(find "${MODULESDIR}/${dir}" ${exclude} -name '*.ko' -print); do
 		manual_add_modules $(basename ${x_mod} .ko)
 	done
 }
@@ -196,7 +217,7 @@ sys_walk_mod_add()
 	
 	while [ "${device_path}" != "/sys" ]; do
 		sys_walk_modalias ${device_path}
-		driver_path="$(readlink -f ${device_path}/driver)"
+		driver_path="$(readlink -f ${device_path}/driver/module)"
 		if [ -e "$driver_path" ]; then
 			module="$(basename $(readlink -f $driver_path))"
 			if [ -n "${module}" ]; then
@@ -228,10 +249,16 @@ dep_add_modules()
 {
 	local block minor root FSTYPE root_dev_path x
 
+	# require mounted sysfs
+	if [ ! -d /sys/devices/ ]; then
+		echo "mkinitramfs: MODULES dep requires mounted sysfs on /sys"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
 	# findout root block device + fstype
 	eval "$(mount | awk '/\/dev\// {if ($3 == "/") {print "root=" $1 "\nFSTYPE=" $5; exit}}')"
 	if [ "${root}" = "/dev/root" ] ; then
-		root="/dev/disk/by-uuid/"$(/sbin/blkid -s UUID -o value ${root}) 2>/dev/null
+		root="/dev/disk/by-uuid/"$(blkid -o value -s UUID ${root}) 2>/dev/null
 	fi
 	root="$(readlink -f ${root})"
 
@@ -242,10 +269,13 @@ dep_add_modules()
 
 	# check that fstype rootfs recognition
 	if [ "${FSTYPE}" = "unknown" ]; then
-		echo "mkinitramfs: unknown fstype on root ${root}"
-		echo "mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most" 
-		echo "mkinitramfs: Error please report bug on initramfs-tools" 
+		FSTYPE=$(blkid -o value -s TYPE "${root}")
+		if [  -z "${FSTYPE}" ]; then
+			echo "mkinitramfs: unknown fstype on root ${root}"
+			echo "mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most" 
+			echo "Error please report bug on initramfs-tools"
 		exit 1
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# Add rootfs
@@ -256,10 +286,10 @@ dep_add_modules()
 		|| [ "${root#/dev/dm-}" != "${root}" ]; then
 		minor=$((0x$(stat --format "%T" ${root}) % 256))
 		block=$(ls -1 /sys/block/dm-${minor}/slaves | head -n 1)
-		# lvm on luks or luks on lvm
-		if [ "${block#dm-}" != "${block}" ]; then
+		# lvm on luks or luks on lvm, possibly lvm snapshots
+		while [ "${block#dm-}" != "${block}" ]; do
 			block=$(ls -1 /sys/block/${block}/slaves | head -n 1)
-		fi
+		done
 		# lvm on md or luks on md
 		if [ "${block#md}" != "${block}" ]; then
 			block=$(awk "/^${block}/{print substr(\$5, 1, 4); exit}" \
@@ -339,6 +369,10 @@ dep_add_modules()
 		manual_add_modules sd_mod
 	fi
 
+	if [ -e /sys/bus/mmc/devices/ ]; then
+		manual_add_modules mmc_block
+	fi
+
 	if [ -e /sys/bus/i2o/devices/ ]; then
 		force_load i2o_block
 		force_load i2o_config
@@ -363,7 +397,7 @@ auto_add_modules()
 {
 	case "$1" in
 	base)
-		for x in ehci-hcd ohci-hcd uhci-hcd usbhid usb-storage ext2 \
+		for x in ehci-hcd ohci-hcd uhci-hcd usbhid btrfs ext2 \
 		ext3 ext4 ext4dev isofs jfs nfs reiserfs udf xfs af_packet \
 		atkbd i8042 virtio_pci; do
 			manual_add_modules "${x}"
@@ -375,19 +409,9 @@ auto_add_modules()
 		done
 	;;
 	net)
-		for x in 3c59x 8139cp 8139too 8390 atl1 atl1e b44 bmac \
-		bnx2 cxgb cxgb3 de2104x de4x5 defxx dl2k dmfe \
-		e100 e1000 e1000e ehea epic100 \
-		ep93xx_eth eql fealnx famachi forcedeth gelic_net \
-		hp100 igb ipg ixgb ixgbe mace mlx4_core mv643xx_eth myri10ge \
-		natsemi ne2k-pci netconsole netxen_nic niu ns83820 \
-		pcnet32 qla3xxx \
-		r8169 s2io sfc sis900 skge sky2 slhc smc911x starfire \
-		sundance sungem sungem_phy sunhme sunvnet tehuti tg3 tlan \
-		tulip typhoon via-rhine via-velocity winbond-840 \
-		xircom_cb xircom_tulip_cb yellowfin; do
-			manual_add_modules "${x}"
-		done
+		copy_modules_dir kernel/drivers/net \
+			appletalk arcnet bonding can hamradio irda pcmcia \
+			tokenring usb wan wimax wireless
 	;;
 	ide)
 		copy_modules_dir kernel/drivers/ide
@@ -427,6 +451,9 @@ auto_add_modules()
 			manual_add_modules "${x}"
 		done
 	;;
+	usb_storage)
+		copy_modules_dir kernel/drivers/usb/storage
+	;;
 	*)
 		auto_add_modules base
 		auto_add_modules kms
@@ -440,10 +467,12 @@ auto_add_modules()
 		auto_add_modules ieee1394
 		auto_add_modules firewire
 		auto_add_modules mmc
+		auto_add_modules usb_storage
 	;;
 	esac
 }
 
+# mkinitramfs help message
 usage()
 {
 	cat >&2 << EOF
@@ -451,10 +480,11 @@ usage()
 Usage: ${0} [OPTION]... -o outfile [version]
 
 Options:
-  -d confdir  Specify an alternative configuration directory.
-  -k          Keep temporary directory used to make the image.
-  -o outfile  Write to outfile.
-  -r root     Override ROOT setting in initramfs.conf.
+  -c compress  Override COMPRESS setting in initramfs.conf.
+  -d confdir   Specify an alternative configuration directory.
+  -k           Keep temporary directory used to make the image.
+  -o outfile   Write to outfile.
+  -r root      Override ROOT setting in initramfs.conf.
 
 See mkinitramfs(8) for further details.
 EOF
@@ -462,6 +492,22 @@ EOF
 
 }
 
+# cache boot scripts order
+cache_run_scripts()
+{
+	DESTDIR=${1}
+	scriptdir=${2}
+	initdir=${DESTDIR}${scriptdir}
+	[ ! -d ${initdir} ] && return
+
+	runlist=$(get_prereq_pairs | tsort)
+	for crs_x in ${runlist}; do
+		[ -f ${initdir}/${crs_x} ] || continue
+		echo "${scriptdir}/${crs_x}" >> ${initdir}/ORDER
+		echo "[ -e /conf/param.conf ] && . /conf/param.conf" >> ${initdir}/ORDER
+	done
+}
+
 compare_versions()
 {
 	local curv="$1" minv="$2"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init
index 842b0248ee..037e43d5bc 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ tmpfs_size="10M"
 if [ -e /etc/udev/udev.conf ]; then
 	. /etc/udev/udev.conf
 fi
-mount -t tmpfs -o size=$tmpfs_size,mode=0755 udev /dev
-[ -e /dev/console ] || mknod -m 0600 /dev/console c 5 1
-[ -e /dev/null ] || mknod /dev/null c 1 3
+if ! mount -t devtmpfs -o mode=0755 devtmpfs /dev; then
+	mount -t tmpfs -o size=$tmpfs_size,mode=0755 udev /dev
+	[ -e /dev/console ] || mknod -m 0600 /dev/console c 5 1
+	[ -e /dev/null ] || mknod /dev/null c 1 3
+fi
+mkdir /dev/pts
+mount -t devpts -o noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620 none /dev/pts || true
 > /dev/.initramfs-tools
 mkdir /dev/.initramfs
 
@@ -51,6 +55,8 @@ export ROOTDELAY=
 export ROOTFLAGS=
 export ROOTFSTYPE=
 export IP=
+export BOOT=
+export BOOTIF=
 export break=
 export init=/sbin/init
 export quiet=n
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ export rootmnt=/root
 export debug=
 export panic=
 export blacklist=
+export resume=
 export resume_offset=
 
 # Bring in the main config
@@ -82,8 +89,8 @@ for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
 
 			# support any / in LABEL= path (escape to \x2f)
 			case "${ROOT}" in
-			*[/]*)
-			if [ -x "$(command -v sed)" ]; then
+			*/*)
+			if command -v sed >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 				ROOT="$(echo ${ROOT} | sed 's,/,\\x2f,g')"
 			else
 				if [ "${ROOT}" != "${ROOT#/}" ]; then
@@ -95,11 +102,7 @@ for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
 				IFS='/'
 				newroot=
 				for s in $ROOT; do
-					if [ -z "${newroot}" ]; then
-						newroot="${s}"
-					else
-						newroot="${newroot}\\x2f${s}"
-					fi
+					newroot="${newroot:+${newroot}\\x2f}${s}"
 				done
 				unset IFS
 				ROOT="${newroot}"
@@ -184,16 +187,21 @@ for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
 	blacklist=*)
 		blacklist=${x#blacklist=}
 		;;
+	netconsole=*)
+		netconsole=${x#netconsole=}
+		;;
 	esac
 done
 
-if [ -z "${noresume}" ]; then
-	export resume=${RESUME}
-else
+if [ -n "${noresume}" ]; then
 	export noresume
+	unset resume
+else
+	resume=${RESUME:-}
 fi
 
-depmod -a
+[ -n "${netconsole}" ] && modprobe netconsole netconsole="${netconsole}"
+
 maybe_break top
 [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/init-top"
 run_scripts /scripts/init-top
@@ -259,6 +267,8 @@ unset ROOTFSTYPE
 unset ROOTDELAY
 unset ROOT
 unset IP
+unset BOOT
+unset BOOTIF
 unset blacklist
 unset break
 unset noresume
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs-tools.8 b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs-tools.8
index 15210d50db..3bd5f12804 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs-tools.8
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs-tools.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH INITRAMFS-TOOLS 8  "2009/02/23" "Linux" "mkinitramfs script overview"
+.TH INITRAMFS-TOOLS 8  "2010/04/05" "Linux" "mkinitramfs script overview"
 
 .SH NAME
 initramfs-tools \- an introduction to writing scripts for mkinitramfs
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Use root=/dev/nfs for NFS to kick to in. NFSOPTS can be looked up in
 .TP
 \fB\fI ip
 tells how to configure the ip address. Allows to specify an different
-NFS server than the DHCP server. See Documentation/nfsroot.txt in
-any recent Linux source for details. Optional paramater for NFS root.
+NFS server than the DHCP server. See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt
+in any recent Linux source for details. Optional paramater for NFS root.
 
 .TP
 \fB\fI cryptopts
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ The default is premount without any arg.
 Beware that if both "panic" and "break" are present,
 initramfs will not spawn any shells but reboot instead.
 
+.TP
+\fB\fI netconsole
+loads netconsole linux modules with the chosen args.
+
 .TP
 \fB\fI all_generic_ide
 loads generic IDE/ATA chipset support on boot.
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ mkinitramfs sets several variables for the hook scripts environment.
 corresponds to the linux-2.6 modules dir.
 .TP
 \fB\fI version
-is the $(uname -r) linux-2.6 version against mkinitramfs is run.
+is the $(uname \-r) linux-2.6 version against mkinitramfs is run.
 .TP
 \fB\fI CONFDIR
 is the path of the used initramfs-tools configurations.
@@ -465,6 +469,7 @@ prereqs)
 	;;
 esac
 
+\fR. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
 # Begin real processing below this line
 if [ ! \-x "/sbin/frobnicate" ]; then
 	panic "Frobnication executable not found"
@@ -503,6 +508,10 @@ set according relevant boot option.
 \fB\fI break
 Useful for manual intervention during setup and coding an boot script.
 .TP
+\fB\fI REASON
+Argument passed to the \fIpanic\fP helper function.  Use to find out why
+you landed in the initramfs shell.
+.TP
 \fB\fI init
 passes the path to init(8) usually /sbin/init.
 .TP
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs.conf.5 b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs.conf.5
index 5aeb8463f3..3d27ec6bec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs.conf.5
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/initramfs.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH INITRAMFS.CONF 5  "2010/02/20" "Linux" "initramfs.conf manual"
+.TH INITRAMFS.CONF 5  "2010/04/05" "Linux" "initramfs.conf manual"
 
 .SH NAME
 initramfs.conf \- configuration file for mkinitramfs
@@ -19,18 +19,12 @@ so you can override the settings in the main config file without editing it
 directly.
 
 .SH GENERAL VARIABLES
-.TP
-\fB COMPRESSION_TYPE
-Specifies the compression type used by the generated initramfs. Possible
-values are \fIgzip\fP, \fIbzip2\fP and \fIlzma\fP. If not set or any other
-invalid value is set it will default to \fIgzip\fP.
-
 .TP
 \fB MODULES
 Specifies the modules for the initramfs image.
 The default setting is \fImost\fP.
 
-\fImost\fP adds all the framebuffer, acpi, file system, ide, sata, scsi and usb drivers.
+\fImost\fP adds most file system, all video KMS, all ide, sata, scsi and usb drivers.
 
 \fIdep\fP tries to guess which modules are necessary for the running box.
 
@@ -46,6 +40,18 @@ The keymap will anyway be loaded by the initscripts later, and the packages
 that might need input will normally set this variable automatically, so there
 should normally be no need to set this.
 
+.TP                                                                            
+\fB COMPRESS                                                                   
+Specifies the compression method used for the initramfs image.                 
+.B mkinitramfs                                                                 
+will default to gzip if the kernel lacks support (CONFIG_RD) or the            
+corresponding userspace utility is not present. 
+
+.TP
+\fB UMASK
+Set the umask value of the generated initramfs file.
+Useful to not disclose eventual keys.
+
 .SH NFS VARIABLES
 .TP
 \fB BOOT
@@ -67,6 +73,9 @@ A root bootarg overrides that special setting.
 Defaults to \fIauto\fP in order to pick up value from DHCP server.
 Otherwise you need to specify \fIHOST:MOUNT\fP.
 
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.I /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
index 49ed0fcb0a..5217fc3893 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFDIR="/etc/initramfs-tools"
 verbose="n"
 errors_to="2>/dev/null"
 
-OPTIONS=`getopt -o d:ko:r:v -n "$0" -- "$@"`
+OPTIONS=`getopt -o c:d:ko:r:v -n "$0" -- "$@"`
 
 # Check for non-GNU getopt
 if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ eval set -- "$OPTIONS"
 
 while true; do
 	case "$1" in
+	-c)
+		compress="$2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
 	-d)
 		CONFDIR="$2"
 		shift 2
@@ -73,16 +77,6 @@ for i in ${EXTRA_CONF}; do
 	fi
 done
 
-# Handle COMPRESSION_TYPE from initramfs.conf.
-compress_cmd_args="-9"
-
-case "${COMPRESSION_TYPE}" in
-gzip) compress_cmd=gzip;;
-bzip2) compress_cmd=bzip2;;
-lzma) compress_cmd=lzma; compress_cmd_args="$compress_cmd_args -c";;
-*) compress_cmd=gzip;;
-esac
-
 # source package confs
 for i in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d/*; do
 	if [ -e "${i}" ]; then
@@ -131,6 +125,27 @@ case "${version}" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+# Check userspace and kernel support for compressed initramfs images
+if [ -z "${compress}" ]; then
+	compress=${COMPRESS}
+else
+	COMPRESS=${compress}
+fi
+
+if ! command -v ${compress} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	compress=gzip
+	[ "${verbose}" = y ] && \
+		echo "No ${COMPRESS} in ${PATH}, using gzip"
+fi
+
+if [ -r /boot/config-${version} ]; then
+	if ! `grep -q -i config_rd_${COMPRESS}=y /boot/config-${version}` ; then
+		compress=gzip
+		[ "${verbose}" = y ] && \
+			echo "linux-2.6 misses ${COMPRESS} support, using gzip"
+	fi
+fi
+
 if [ -d "${outfile}" ]; then
 	echo "${outfile} is a directory"
 	exit 1
@@ -139,14 +154,15 @@ fi
 MODULESDIR="/lib/modules/${version}"
 
 if [ ! -e "${MODULESDIR}" ]; then
-	echo "Cannot find ${MODULESDIR}"
-	exit 1
+	echo "WARNING: missing ${MODULESDIR}"
+	echo "Device driver support needs thus be built-in linux image!"
 fi
 if [ ! -e "${MODULESDIR}/modules.dep" ]; then
 	depmod ${version}
 fi
 
 DESTDIR="$(mktemp -t -d mkinitramfs_XXXXXX)" || exit 1
+chmod 755 "${DESTDIR}"
 __TMPCPIOGZ="$(mktemp -t mkinitramfs-OL_XXXXXX)" || exit 1
 
 DPKG_ARCH=`uname -m`
@@ -241,15 +257,28 @@ fi
 run_scripts /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks
 run_scripts "${CONFDIR}"/hooks
 
+# cache boot run order
+for b in $(cd "${DESTDIR}/scripts" && find . -mindepth 1 -type d); do
+	cache_run_scripts "${DESTDIR}" "/scripts/${b#./}"
+done
+
+# generate module deps
+depmod -a -b "${DESTDIR}" ${version}
+rm -f "${DESTDIR}/lib/modules/${version}"/modules.*map
+
 # Apply DSDT to initramfs
 if [ -e "${CONFDIR}/DSDT.aml" ]; then
 	copy_exec "${CONFDIR}/DSDT.aml" /
 fi
 
+# Remove any looping or broken symbolic links, since they break cpio.
+find "${DESTDIR}" -type l -printf '%p %Y\n' | sed -n 's/ [LN]$//p' \
+	| xargs -rL1 rm -f
+
 # Copy resume from klibc
 copy_exec /bin/resume /bin
 
-[ "${verbose}" = y ] && echo "Building cpio ${outfile} initramfs (${COMPRESSION_TYPE})"
+[ "${verbose}" = y ] && echo "Building cpio ${outfile} initramfs"
 (
 # work around lack of "set -o pipefail" for the following pipe:
 # cd "${DESTDIR}" && find . | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | gzip >"${outfile}" || exit 1
@@ -262,7 +291,7 @@ eval `
         find . 4>&-; echo "ec1=$?;" >&4
     } | {
         cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc 4>&-; echo "ec2=$?;" >&4
-    } | ${compress_cmd} ${compress_cmd_args} >"${outfile}"
+    } | ${compress} >"${outfile}"
     echo "ec3=$?;" >&4
 `
 if [ "$ec1" -ne 0 ]; then exit "$ec1"; fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs.8 b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs.8
index 5d3c42bab8..7fdeefb4e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs.8
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs.8
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-.TH MKINITRAMFS 8  "2008/12/19" "Linux" "mkinitramfs manual"
+.TH MKINITRAMFS 8  "2010/04/04" "Linux" "mkinitramfs manual"
 
 .SH NAME
 mkinitramfs \- low-level tool for generating an initramfs image
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B mkinitramfs
+.RB [ \-c
+.IR compress ]
 .RB [ \-d
 .IR confdir ]
 .RB [ \-k ]
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ mkinitramfs \- low-level tool for generating an initramfs image
 The
 .B mkinitramfs
 script generates an initramfs image.
-The initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive. The archive can be used on a
+The initramfs is a compressed cpio archive. The archive can be used on a
 different box of the same arch with the corresponding Linux kernel.
 .B mkinitramfs
 is meant for advanced usage. On your local box
@@ -44,6 +46,13 @@ uses it as initial root file system. All finding of the root device
 happens in this early userspace.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB \-c \fI compress
+Override the
+.B COMPRESS
+setting in
+.IR initramfs.conf .
+
 .TP
 \fB \-d \fI confdir
 Set an alternate configuration directory.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/functions b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/functions
index eaaf7d907c..3b1df69122 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/functions
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/functions
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ panic()
 	fi
 	modprobe i8042
 	modprobe atkbd
-	echo $@
-	PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1
+	echo "$@"
+	REASON="$@" PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1
 }
 
 maybe_break()
@@ -179,9 +179,22 @@ reduce_prereqs()
 	done
 }
 
+get_prereq_pairs()
+{
+	set_initlist
+	for gp_x in ${initlist}; do
+		echo ${gp_x} ${gp_x}
+		prereqs=$(${initdir}/${gp_x} prereqs)
+		for prereq in ${prereqs}; do
+			echo ${prereq} ${gp_x}
+		done
+	done
+}
+
 call_scripts()
 {
 	for cs_x in ${runlist}; do
+		[ -f ${initdir}/${cs_x} ] || continue
 		# mkinitramfs verbose output
 		if [ "${verbose}" = "y" ]; then
 			echo "Calling hook ${cs_x}"
@@ -198,9 +211,17 @@ run_scripts()
 {
 	initdir=${1}
 	[ ! -d ${initdir} ] && return
-	get_prereqs
-	reduce_prereqs
-	call_scripts
+
+	if [ -f ${initdir}/ORDER ]; then
+		. ${initdir}/ORDER
+	elif command -v tsort >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		runlist=$(get_prereq_pairs | tsort)
+		call_scripts $2
+	else
+		get_prereqs
+		reduce_prereqs
+		call_scripts
+	fi
 }
 
 # Load custom modules first
@@ -249,40 +270,114 @@ parse_numeric() {
 	ROOT=/dev/root
 }
 
+# Parameter: device node to check
+# Echos fstype to stdout
+# Return value: indicates if an fs could be recognized
+get_fstype ()
+{
+	local FS FSTYPE FSSIZE RET
+	FS="${1}"
+
+	# vol_id has a more complete list of file systems,
+	# but fstype is more robust
+	eval $(fstype "${FS}" 2> /dev/null)
+	if [ "$FSTYPE" = "unknown" ] &&  command -v blkid >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		FSTYPE=$(blkid -o value -s TYPE "${FS}")
+	elif [ "$FSTYPE" = "unknown" ] && [ -x /lib/udev/vol_id ]; then
+		FSTYPE=$(/lib/udev/vol_id -t "${FS}" 2> /dev/null)
+	fi
+	RET=$?
+
+	if [ -z "${FSTYPE}" ]; then
+		FSTYPE="unknown"
+	fi
+
+	echo "${FSTYPE}"
+	return ${RET}
+}
+
 configure_networking()
 {
+	if [ -n "${BOOTIF}" ]; then
+		# pxelinux sets BOOTIF to a value based on the mac address of the
+		# network card used to PXE boot, so use this value for DEVICE rather
+		# than a hard-coded device name from initramfs.conf. this facilitates
+		# network booting when machines may have multiple network cards.
+		# pxelinux sets BOOTIF to 01-$mac_address
+
+		# strip off the leading "01-", which isn't part of the mac
+		# address
+		temp_mac=${BOOTIF#*-}
+
+		# convert to typical mac address format by replacing "-" with ":"
+		bootif_mac=""
+		IFS='-'
+		for x in $temp_mac ; do
+			if [ -z "$bootif_mac" ]; then
+				bootif_mac="$x"
+			else
+				bootif_mac="$x:$bootif_mac"
+			fi
+		done
+		unset IFS
+
+		# look for devices with matching mac address, and set DEVICE to
+		# appropriate value if match is found.
+		for device in /sys/class/net/* ; do
+			if [ -f "$device/address" ]; then
+				current_mac=$(cat "$device/address")
+				if [ "$bootif_mac" = "$current_mac" ]; then
+					DEVICE=${device##*/}
+					break
+				fi
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
 	# networking already configured thus bail out
 	[ -n "${DEVICE}" ] && [ -e /tmp/net-"${DEVICE}".conf ] && return 0
 
 	# support ip options see linux sources
 	# Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt
-	case ${IP} in
-	none|off)
-		# Do nothing
-		;;
-	""|on|any)
-		# Bring up device
-		ipconfig -t 180 ${DEVICE}
-		;;
-	dhcp|bootp|rarp|both)
-		ipconfig -t 180 -c ${IP} -d ${DEVICE}
-		;;
-	*)
-		ipconfig -t 180 -d $IP
+	# Documentation/frv/booting.txt
 
-		# grab device entry from ip option
-		NEW_DEVICE=${IP#*:*:*:*:*:*}
-		if [ "${NEW_DEVICE}" != "${IP}" ]; then
-			NEW_DEVICE=${NEW_DEVICE%:*}
-		else
-			# wrong parse, possibly only a partial string
-			NEW_DEVICE=
+	for ROUNDTTT in 2 3 4 6 9 16 25 36 64 100; do
+
+		# The NIC is to be configured if this file does not exist.
+		# Ip-Config tries to create this file and when it succeds
+		# creating the file, ipconfig is not run again.
+		if [ -e /tmp/net-"${DEVICE}".conf ]; then
+			break;
 		fi
-		if [ -n "${NEW_DEVICE}" ]; then
-			DEVICE="${NEW_DEVICE}"
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
+
+		case ${IP} in
+		none|off)
+			# Do nothing
+			;;
+		""|on|any)
+			# Bring up device
+			ipconfig -t ${ROUNDTTT} ${DEVICE}
+			;;
+		dhcp|bootp|rarp|both)
+			ipconfig -t ${ROUNDTTT} -c ${IP} -d ${DEVICE}
+			;;
+		*)
+			ipconfig -t ${ROUNDTTT} -d $IP
+
+			# grab device entry from ip option
+			NEW_DEVICE=${IP#*:*:*:*:*:*}
+			if [ "${NEW_DEVICE}" != "${IP}" ]; then
+				NEW_DEVICE=${NEW_DEVICE%:*}
+			else
+				# wrong parse, possibly only a partial string
+				NEW_DEVICE=
+			fi
+			if [ -n "${NEW_DEVICE}" ]; then
+				DEVICE="${NEW_DEVICE}"
+			fi
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
 
 	# source ipconfig output
 	if [ -n "${DEVICE}" ]; then
@@ -297,6 +392,6 @@ configure_networking()
 # Wait for queued kernel/udev events
 wait_for_udev()
 {
-	[ -x "$(command -v udevadm)" ] || return 0
+	command -v udevadm >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
 	udevadm settle ${1:+--timeout=$1}
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/init-premount/blacklist b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/init-top/blacklist
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/init-premount/blacklist
rename to srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/init-top/blacklist
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local
index d7db74a0f1..cca5e8da20 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local
@@ -1,32 +1,13 @@
 # Local filesystem mounting			-*- shell-script -*-
 
-# Parameter: device node to check
-# Echos fstype to stdout
-# Return value: indicates if an fs could be recognized
-get_fstype ()
-{
-	local FS FSTYPE FSSIZE RET
-	FS="${1}"
-
-	FSTYPE=$(/sbin/blkid -s TYPE -o value "${FS}" 2> /dev/null)
-	RET=$?
-
-	if [ -z "${FSTYPE}" ]; then
-		FSTYPE="unknown"
-	fi
-
-	echo "${FSTYPE}"
-	return ${RET}
-}
-
 pre_mountroot()
 {
-	wait_for_udev 10
-
 	[ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/local-top"
 	run_scripts /scripts/local-top
 	[ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg
 
+	wait_for_udev 10
+
 	# Don't wait for a root device that doesn't have a corresponding
 	# device in /dev (ie, mtd0)
 	if [ "${ROOT#/dev}" = "${ROOT}" ]; then
@@ -44,6 +25,9 @@ pre_mountroot()
 		else
 			slumber=${ROOTDELAY}
 		fi
+		if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]; then
+			/sbin/usplash_write "TIMEOUT ${slumber}" || true
+		fi
 
 		slumber=$(( ${slumber} * 10 ))
 		while [ ! -e "${ROOT}" ] \
@@ -58,6 +42,9 @@ pre_mountroot()
 		else
 			log_end_msg 1 || true
 		fi
+		if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]; then
+			/sbin/usplash_write "TIMEOUT 15" || true
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# We've given up, but we'll let the user fix matters if they can
@@ -116,7 +103,11 @@ mountroot()
 
 	# FIXME This has no error checking
 	# Mount root
-	mount ${roflag} -t ${FSTYPE} ${ROOTFLAGS} ${ROOT} ${rootmnt}
+	if [ "${FSTYPE}" != "unknown" ]; then
+		mount ${roflag} -t ${FSTYPE} ${ROOTFLAGS} ${ROOT} ${rootmnt}
+	else
+		mount ${roflag} ${ROOTFLAGS} ${ROOT} ${rootmnt}
+	fi
 
 	[ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/local-bottom"
 	run_scripts /scripts/local-bottom
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local-premount/resume b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local-premount/resume
index b2b0e1d51e..11acfc76e6 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local-premount/resume
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/scripts/local-premount/resume
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ LABEL=*)
 
 	# support any / in LABEL= path (escape to \x2f)
 	case "${resume}" in
-	*[/]*)
-		if [ -x "$(command -v sed)" ]; then
+	*/*)
+		if  command -v sed >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 			resume="$(echo ${resume} | sed 's,/,\\x2f,g')"
 		else
 			if [ "${resume}" != "${resume#/}" ]; then
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ LABEL=*)
 			IFS='/'
 			newresume=
 			for s in $resume; do
-				if [ -z "${newresume}" ]; then
-					newresume="${s}"
-				else
-					newresume="${newresume}\\x2f${s}"
-				fi
+				newresume="${newresume:+${newresume}\\x2f}${s}"
 			done
 			unset IFS
 			resume="${newresume}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs
index 8b3d7909e4..fc543d4ba5 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ backup_booted_initramfs()
 }
 
 # nuke generated copy
-remove_initramfs()
+remove_initramfs_bak()
 {
 	[ -z "${initramfs_bak}" ] && return 0
 	rm -f "${initramfs_bak}"
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ generate_initramfs()
 		set_sha1
 	else
 		mkinitramfs_return="$?"
-		remove_initramfs
+		remove_initramfs_bak
 		rm -f "${initramfs}.new"
 		if [ "$mkinitramfs_return" = "2" ]; then
 			# minversion wasn't met, exit 0
@@ -346,12 +346,14 @@ delete()
 
 	set_initramfs
 
-	if [ ! -e "${initramfs}" ]; then
-		panic "Cannot delete ${initramfs}, doesn't exist."
-	fi
+	if [ "${takeover}" = 0 ]; then
+		if [ ! -e "${initramfs}" ]; then
+			panic "Cannot delete ${initramfs}, doesn't exist."
+		fi
 
-	if ! version_exists "${version}"; then
-		panic "Cannot delete version ${version}: Not created by this utility."
+		if ! version_exists "${version}"; then
+			panic "Cannot delete version ${version}: Not created by this utility."
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	altered_check
@@ -360,7 +362,7 @@ delete()
 
 	delete_sha1
 
-	rm -f "${initramfs}"
+	rm -f "${initramfs}" "${initramfs}.bak"
 }
 
 # Check for update mode on existing and modified initramfs
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs.conf.5 b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs.conf.5
index 30e1a97091..525cd648c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs.conf.5
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/update-initramfs.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UPDATE-INITRAMFS.CONF 5  "2008/12/19" "Linux" "update-initramfs.conf manual"
+.TH UPDATE-INITRAMFS.CONF 5  "2010/04/05" "Linux" "update-initramfs.conf manual"
 
 .SH NAME
 update-initramfs.conf \- configuration file for update-initramfs
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ conservative manners needs to be applied. This disables
 the \fBupdate_initramfs \-u\fP call.
 .TP
 \fB backup_initramfs
-By default \fBupdate_initramfs\fP keeps an .bak file of the previous initramfs. If set to \fIno\fP the backup initramfs will not be kept.
+If set \fBupdate_initramfs\fP keeps an .bak file of the previous initramfs. If unset the backup initramfs will not be kept.
+
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.I /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
index 0ede9d1f60..8f520bd6cd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'initramfs-tools'
 pkgname=initramfs-tools
-version=0.98.1
+version=0.99.debian0.94.4
 build_style=custom-install
 short_desc="Tools for generating an initramfs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"