Description:
The function "msg" in "/lib/initcpio/init_functions" checks "quiet" variable:

msg () {
[ "${quiet}" != "y" ] && echo $@
}

And if it = "y", then no message is printed. This variable can be passed through kernel parameters in bootloader. But it would be exported only in the middle of "/lib/initcpio/init" file in cycle:

for cmd in ${CMDLINE}; do
...

Only after several calls to function "msg" in the beginning of "/lib/initcpio/init" like:

msg ":: Loading Initramfs"
msg ":: Starting udevd..."
msg "done."

So there is no way to make this functions silent besides commenting them out in the script. It's not a good solution, cause it will be lost after next upgrade of mkinitcpio... It think it will be smarter to export kernel parameters earlier in "/lib/initcpio/init" script.


Additional info:
* package version mkinitcpio <=0.6.9-1
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
Just look at initrd ouput.