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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.4.1 b/ANNOUNCE-2.4.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..255f049 --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-2.4.1 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.4.1 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux + +I am pleased to announce the availability of + mdadm version 2.4.1 + +It is available at the usual places: + http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/ +and + http://www.{countrycode}.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ + +mdadm is a tool for creating, managing and monitoring +device arrays using the "md" driver in Linux, also +known as Software RAID arrays. + +2.4.1 primarily fixes an alignment problem in the version-1 +superblock. This is an incompatible change relating to +raid5-reshape. Read the change log below. + +Changelog Entries: + - Honour --write-mostly when adding to an array without persistent + superblocks. + - Fix alignment problem in version-1 superblocks. + NOTE: This is an incompatable change affecting raid5 reshape. + If you want to reshape a raid5 using version-1 superblocks, + use 2.6.17-rc2 or later, and mdadm-2.4.1 or later. + +Development of mdadm is sponsored by + SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. + +NeilBrown 7th April 2006 + |