+Changes Prior to 1.6.0 release
+ - Device name given in -Eb is determined by examining /dev rather
+ than assuming /dev/md%d
+ - Fix bug in --monitor where an array could be held open an so
+ could not be stopped without killing mdadm.
+ - Add --grow mode. Currently only --size and --raid-disks can be
+ changed. Both require kernel support which, at the time of
+ writing, is not in a release kernel yet.
+ - Don't print out "errors" or "no-errors" in -D and -E, as the bit
+ is never set or used.
+ - Use md event notification in 2.6.??? to make --monitor mode
+ respond instantly to events.
+ - Add --auto= option and auto= configfile entry to tell mdadm to
+ create device files as needed. This is particularly useful
+ with partitioned arrays where the major device number can change.
+ - When generating --brief listing, if the standard name doesn't
+ exist, search /dev for one rather than using a temp name.
+ - Allow --build to build raid1 and multipath arrays.
+ - Add "--assume-clean" for Create and Build, particularly for raid1
+ Note: this is dangerous. Only use it if you are certain.
+ - Fix bug so that Rebuild status monitoring works again.
+ - Add "degraded" and "recovering" options to the "Status:"
+ entry for --detail
+
+Changes Prior to 1.5.0 release
+ - new commands "mdassemble" which is a stripped-down equivalent of
+ "mdadm -As", that can be compiled with dietlibc.
+ Thanks to Luca Berra <bluca@comedia.it>.
+ It can be using in an initramfs or initrd.
+ - Fix compiling error with BLKGETSIZE64 and some signed/unsigned
+ comparison warnings.
+ - Add Rebuild Status (% complete) to --detail output.
+ - Support "--monitor --test" which will generate a test alert
+ for each array once, to test notification paths.
+ - Generate RebuildFinished event when rebuild finishes.
+ - Support for raid6 as found in 2.6.2 - thanks to
+ H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
+ - Support partitioned md arrays with a different major number and
+ naming scheme (md_dX in /proc/mdstat, /dev/md/dXpY in /dev).
+
+Changes Prior to 1.4.0 release
+ - Document fact that creating a raid5 array really creates a
+ degraded array with a spare.
+ - Add "spares=" tag to config file and generate it wit --detail and
+ --examine
+ - Add "SparesMissing" event when --monitor first sees an array and
+ it doesn't have the enough spare devices.
+ - Add --update=summaries for --assemble to update summary
+ information in superblock, and correct other inconsistancies in
+ the superblock.
+ - Add --test option to --detail to set a meaningful exit status.
+
+Changes Prior to 1.3.0 release
+ - Make 'size' and unsigned long in Create to allow creation of
+ larger arrays.
+ - Explicitly flag spare devices as 'spare' in --detail and --examine
+ output. Previously they simply had no flags lists.
+ - Make MailCmd (for monitor) configurable in Makefile, and default
+ to "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t". Also split out the warning related
+ flags into CWFLAGS for easier build configurability.
+ - Minor bugfix in Manage code.
+ - --monitor now notices and reports degraded arrays at startup using
+ "DegradedArray" event, and also has a --oneshot option to only
+ report DegradedArrays, and then exit.
+ - Small man-page clarification w.r.t. raid levels and raid4 in
+ particular.
+ - Disallow creation of arrays with only one device as this is
+ probably a mistake. --force will override this check.
+ - Correct some misleading documentation in the "mdadm --create --help"
+ message.
+ - Ignore chunksize if raid1 or multipath.
+ - Explicit statement in man page that raid-disks cannot be changed
+ after array is created.
+ - Improve message when attempting to start an array with
+ insufficient devices. Instead of required the array to be full,
+ we only require it has as many active devices as last time.
+
+Changes Prior to 1.2.0 release
+ - Fix bug where --daemonise required an argument.
+ - In --assemble --verbose, print appropriate message if device is
+ not in devices= list
+ - Updated mdadm.conf.5 to reflect fact that device= takes wildcards
+ - Typos: componenet -> component
+ - Reduce size of "--help" message put excess into "--help-options"
+ - Fix bug introduced when MD_SB_DISKS dependancy removed, and which
+ caused spares not be assembled properly.
+ - Print appropriate message if --monitor --scan decides not to
+ monitor anything.
Changes Prior to 1.1.0 release
- add --deamonise flag for --monitor - forks and prints pid to stdout
- Fix bug so we REALLY clear dirty flag with -Af
the --help output, is not wholy correct. After I get --follow
working properly, I plan to revise the various documentation and/or
the code to make sure the two match.
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