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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 b/ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 73eea4e..0000000 --- a/ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.5.5 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux - -I am pleased to announce the availability of - mdadm version 2.5.5 - -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 2.5.5 is a bugfix release over 2.5.4. -Hopefully the last before 2.6. - -Changelog Entries: - - 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. - - Improve error message when a wrong '--update' option is given. - -Development of mdadm is sponsored by - SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. - -NeilBrown 23rd October 2006 |