Try the following on RedHat 6.1 (Cartman):

cd /
find etc -depth -print | cpio -ov -H crc > /dev/null
find etc -depth -print | cpio -oV -H crc > /dev/null

The expected behavior is for a list of files, one per line, to scroll by
for the first cpio, and marching dots for the second.  The only output is
the block count.  The exact same commands used to produce the expected
output on previous versions of RedHat and cpio.  Perhaps there is a new
default behavior I'm not aware of?

FWIW,

-Aaron