[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / ANNOUNCE-2.6.3

Subject:  ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.6.3 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux

I am pleased to announce the availability of
   mdadm version 2.6.3

It is available at the usual places:
   http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/
and
   countrycode=xx.
   http://www.${countrycode}kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/
and via git at
   git://neil.brown.name/mdadm
   http://neil.brown.name/git?p=mdadm

mdadm is a tool for creating, managing and monitoring
device arrays using the "md" driver in Linux, also
known as Software RAID arrays.

Release 2.6.3  adds a  few minor bug  fixes to 2.6.2

Changelog Entries:
    -   allow --write-behind to be set for --grow.
    -   When adding new disk to an array, don't reserve so much bitmap
        space that the disk cannot store the required data. (Needed when
	1.x array was created with older mdadm).
    -   When adding a drive that was a little too small, we did not get
	the correct error message.
    -   Make sure that if --assemble find an array in the critical region
	of a reshape, and cannot find the critical data to restart the
	reshape, it gives an error message.
    -   Fix segfault with '--detail --export' and non-persistent
        superblocks.
    -   Various manpage updates.
    -   Improved 'raid4' support (--assemble, --monitor)
    -   Option parsing fixes w.r.t -a
    -   Interpret "--assemble --metadata=1" to allow any version 1.x
	metadata, and be more specific in the "metadata=" message printed
	with --examine --brief
    -   Fix spare migration in --monitor.

Development of mdadm is sponsored by
 SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

NeilBrown  20th August 2007
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e5bddffd NB	1	Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.6.3 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux
	2
	3	I am pleased to announce the availability of
	4	mdadm version 2.6.3
	5
	6	It is available at the usual places:
	7	http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/
	8	and
	9	countrycode=xx.
	10	http://www.${countrycode}kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/
	11	and via git at
	12	git://neil.brown.name/mdadm
	13	http://neil.brown.name/git?p=mdadm
	14
	15	mdadm is a tool for creating, managing and monitoring
	16	device arrays using the "md" driver in Linux, also
	17	known as Software RAID arrays.
	18
	19	Release 2.6.3 adds a few minor bug fixes to 2.6.2
	20
	21	Changelog Entries:
	22	- allow --write-behind to be set for --grow.
	23	- When adding new disk to an array, don't reserve so much bitmap
	24	space that the disk cannot store the required data. (Needed when
	25	1.x array was created with older mdadm).
	26	- When adding a drive that was a little too small, we did not get
	27	the correct error message.
	28	- Make sure that if --assemble find an array in the critical region
	29	of a reshape, and cannot find the critical data to restart the
	30	reshape, it gives an error message.
	31	- Fix segfault with '--detail --export' and non-persistent
	32	superblocks.
	33	- Various manpage updates.
	34	- Improved 'raid4' support (--assemble, --monitor)
	35	- Option parsing fixes w.r.t -a
	36	- Interpret "--assemble --metadata=1" to allow any version 1.x
	37	metadata, and be more specific in the "metadata=" message printed
	38	with --examine --brief
	39	- Fix spare migration in --monitor.
	40
	41	Development of mdadm is sponsored by
	42	SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
	43
	44	NeilBrown 20th August 2007