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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-1.9.0 b/ANNOUNCE-1.9.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..93042f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-1.9.0 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 1.9.0 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux + + +I am pleased to announce the availability of + mdadm version 1.9.0 +It is available at + http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/ +and + http://www.{countrycode}.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ + +as a source tar-ball and (at the first site) as an SRPM, and as an RPM for i386. + +mdadm is a tool for creating, managing and monitoring +device arrays using the "md" driver in Linux, also +known as Software RAID arrays. + +Release 1.9.0 adds: + - Fix rpm build problem (stray %) + - Minor manpage updates + - Change "dirty" status to "active" as it was confusing people. + - --assemble --auto recognises 'standard' name and insists on using + the appropriate major/minor number for them. + - Remove underscore from partition names, so partitions of + "foo" are "foo1", "foo2" etc (unchanged) and partitions of + "f00" are "f00p1", "f00p2" etc rather than "f00_p1"... + - Use "major", "minor", "makedev" macros instead of + "MAJOR", "MINOR", "MKDEV" so that large device numbers work + on 2.6 (providing you have glibc 2.3.3 or later). + - Add some missing closes of open file descriptors. + - Reread /proc/partition for every array assembled when using + it to find devices, rather than only once. + - Make "mdadm -Ss" stop stacked devices properly, by reversing the + order in which arrays are stopped. + - Improve some error messages. + - Allow device name to appear before first option, so e.g. + mdadm /dev/md0 -A /dev/sd[ab] + works. + - Assume '-Q' if just a device is given, rather than being silent. + +This is based on 1.8.0 and *not* on 1.8.1 which was meant to be a pre-release +for the upcoming 2.0.0. The next prerelease will have a more obvious name. + +Development of mdadm is sponsored by CSE@UNSW: + The School of Computer Science and Engineering +at + The University of New South Wales + +NeilBrown 04 February 2005 + |