Hi,

mkinitcpio -p linux-libre produces the following on armv7h:

==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-libre.preset: 'default'
/usr/lib/initcpio/functions: line 174: printf: `P': invalid format character
  -> -k 4.10.4-gnu-1 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-==> Starting build: 4.10.4-gnu-1
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating xz-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-%PKGBASE%.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-libre.preset: 'fallback'
/usr/lib/initcpio/functions: line 174: printf: `P': invalid format character
  -> -k 4.10.4-gnu-1 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-==> Starting build: 4.10.4-gnu-1
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating xz-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-%PKGBASE%-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful

It is interesting to have initramfs working as:

• They provide ways to boot from lvm2 or encrypted volume among other things
• When using them, a pacman -Syu will break booting

Denis.