see F8 nash+kernel boot time: https://www.harald-hoyer.de/linux/bootcharts/f8-bootchart-3.svg compared to F9 preview: https://www.harald-hoyer.de/linux/bootcharts/f9pre-bootchart-5.png
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping