Release 2.7.0

Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]>

NEWS.md

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+Version 2.7.0
+
+- New feature:
+  + Add sysfs-dma feature to detect dependence on dma by sysfs
+  + Add pipeline as an alternative way to search for root
+  + Add fsck feature to check filesystem before mount
+- Feature changes:
+  + virtio-pci: Feature renamed to sysfs-virtio-pci
+  + network: Fix cmdline params hack
+  + network: preserve iface macaddress
+  + nfsroot: Use network feature
+- Runtime changes:
+  + Export information about configured devices
+  + Allow to put the rootdelay on pause
+- Misc:
+  + Move docs to Documentation
+  + Improve documentation
+  + Add utility for inspecting bug reports
+  + Guess root device based on bug report
+
+Version 2.6.0
+
+- Utilities:
+  + make-initrd: Allow to guess modules for any directory
+- Misc:
+  + Do not use /boot directly
+  + Add timestamps to messages
+  + Add modules.builtin.modinfo into the initramfs
+  + Simplify MOUNTPOINTS processing
+  + Allow to use MOUNTPOINTS not only for mount points
+
+Version 2.5.0
+
+- Feature changes:
+  + kbd: Reimplement feature
+  + mdadm: Try to make problem array writable
+  + mdadm: Run mdadm -IRs only once if needed
+  + mdadm: Allow to use custom mdadm.conf
+  + mdadm: Wait a certain time after the appearance of the raid
+    member before starting the degraded raid
+  + luks: Allow to skip keydev in the luks-key= and in the /etc/luks.keys
+  + usb: Add more usb modules and make them optional
+- Misc:
+  + guess: Add guessing drm modules
+  + Use MODULES_TRY_ADD for hardcoded module lists
+
+Version 2.4.0
+
+- Feature changes:
+  + luks: Add essiv for kernel >= 5.4.0
+- Runtime changes:
+  + Ignore subdirectories in the handlers directory
+  + Remove obsolete debug rules
+- Utilities:
+  + initrd-cp: Use own helper instead of the file utility
+  + depinfo: Add modules.builtin.modinfo support
+- Misc:
+  + Make kernel version check more human readable
+  + Add helpers to compare kernel version
+  + Add testsuite
+  + add-module-pattern: Create tempdir in proper place
+
+Version 2.3.0
+
+- New feature:
+  + network: New feature to configure network interfaces in initrd.
+- Feature changes:
+  + kbd: Configure console fonts if KMS is enabled
+  + kbd: Use udev to setup font and keymap
+  + kbd: Add guess-script
+- Runtime changes:
+  + Allow negative values in cmdline parameters
+  + Rewrite network configuration
+  + Allow to continue boot process after rdshell
+  + Re-implement ueventd in shell
+  + Allow more than one pre/post script for service
+  + Allow run script before and after each service
+- Utilities:
+  + depinfo: Ignore files in current directory if the argument does
+    not look like module name
+