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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.6.5 b/ANNOUNCE-2.6.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c5f3138 --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-2.6.5 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.6.5 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux + +I am pleased to announce the availability of + mdadm version 2.6.5 + +It is available at the usual places: + 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 2.6.5 adds a few minor bug fixes to 2.6.4 + +Changelog Entries: + - Avoid segfault when parsing /proc/mdstat with auto-read-only + arrays. + - Fix problem with failing to add devices to v.large (>4TB) arrays, + cause by problems with device-size overflow. + - For v0.90 superblocks, print the 'Events' count as a real count, + not 2 numbers separated by a dot. + - Updates some URLs in the man page. + - Allow creation of a RAID6 with exactly one missing device. + - Use LOG_PID for syslog, so you get the pid of mdadm in the log + files. + - --export now works with --examine too (not just --detail) + - Improve auto-creation of device special file when using + --incremental + - Simple locking for --incremental so mdadm doesn't get confused + when run concurrently with itself. + - Make --incremental cope better with arrays that are being reshaped. + +Development of mdadm is sponsored by + SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. + +NeilBrown 15th May 2007 |