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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.6.3 b/ANNOUNCE-2.6.3 index e69de29..168539d 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE-2.6.3 +++ b/ANNOUNCE-2.6.3 @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.6.3 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux + +I am pleased to announce the availability of + mdadm version 2.6.3 + +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 2.6.3 adds a few minor bug fixes to 2.6.2 + +Changelog Entries: + - allow --write-behind to be set for --grow. + - When adding new disk to an array, don't reserve so much bitmap + space that the disk cannot store the required data. (Needed when + 1.x array was created with older mdadm). + - When adding a drive that was a little too small, we did not get + the correct error message. + - Make sure that if --assemble find an array in the critical region + of a reshape, and cannot find the critical data to restart the + reshape, it gives an error message. + - Fix segfault with '--detail --export' and non-persistent + superblocks. + - Various manpage updates. + - Improved 'raid4' support (--assemble, --monitor) + - Option parsing fixes w.r.t -a + - Interpret "--assemble --metadata=1" to allow any version 1.x + metadata, and be more specific in the "metadata=" message printed + with --examine --brief + - Fix spare migration in --monitor. + +Development of mdadm is sponsored by + SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. + +NeilBrown 20th August 2007 |