Changes Prior to this release
+ - Don't #include linux/blkpg.h as that isn't safe. Just
+ include the content literally.
+ - Reduce maximum bitmap usage when working with bitmap files,
+ so that a only single-page allocations are made, even on
+ 64bit hosts with 4K pages.
+ - Close stray fd in mdassemble so that it can assemble stacked
+ devices
+ - If mdassemble finds an array already assembled, it marks it
+ read-write.
+ - Remove error in md_open if array is already active. This isn't
+ needed and gets in the ways if an array was created e.g. in
+ initramfs, but device doesn't yet exist in /dev.
+ - When --assemble --scan is run, if all arrays that could be found
+ have already been started, don't report an error.
+ - Fix a couple of bugs related to raid10 and the new 'offset' layout.
+
+Changes Prior to 2.5.4 release
+ - When creating devices in /dev/md/ create matching symlinks
+ from /dev. e.g. /dev/md0 -> /dev/md/0.
+ Allow this to be disabled in mdadm.conf or on command line.
+ - Fix some endian-ness issues with version-1 superblocks (affects
+ bigendian only).
+ - Fix endian problem with 'bitmap' metadata
+ - Allow a number (of partitions) after the 'yes' option to --auto=
+ This is particularly useful in the 'create' line in mdadm.conf.
+ - Remove partitions from any whole device that is made part of
+ an md array. This is a work-around for annoying messages
+ when the first block on some drive accidentally looks like a
+ partition table.
+
+Changes Prior to 2.5.3 release
+ - Document v0.91 superblocks in md.4
+ - Make GPL explicit in man pages.
+ - Fix recent breakage of starting degraded arrays.
+ - Tidyup automatic name choice for v-1 arrays:
+ /dev/md_d0 now becomes '0', not '_d0'.
+
+Changes Prior to 2.5.2 release
- Fix problem with compiling with gcc-2 compilers
- Fix compile problem of post-incrmenting a variable in a macro arg.
- Stop map_dev from returning [0:0], as that breaks things.
code was ever in there)
- Work better when no 'ftw' is available, and check to see
if current uclibc provides ftw.
+ - Never use /etc/mdadm.conf if --config file is given (previously
+ some code used one, some used the other).
Changes Prior to 2.5.1 release
- Various fixes for gcc warnings