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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.6.8 b/ANNOUNCE-2.6.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 55f484c..0000000 --- a/ANNOUNCE-2.6.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.6.8 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux - -I am pleased to announce the availability of - mdadm version 2.6.8 - -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 2.6.8 contains various bug fixes and minor enhancements. -It is possibly that 2.6.8 will be the last release in the 2.x -series and very likely that there will never be a 2.7. -Hopefully 3.0 will be released soon making future development -of 2.6.x unnecessary. However if a need does arise for a 2.6.9 -it will be considered. - -Changelog Entries: - fix add_dev() handling of broken links - Assemble: allow --force to work even when event counts are 0. - mapfile: fix bug in testing for /var/run/mdadm/ - Incremental: change precedence order for autof setting. - Adjust major number testing to allow for extended minor number in 2.6.28 - Incremental: allow assembly of foreign array. - Incremental: fix setting of 'autof' flag. - Fix --incremental assembly of partitions arrays. - Fix NULL pointer oops - Fix bad metadata formatting - Allow WRITEMOSTLY to be cleared on --readd using --readwrite. - Remove .UR .UE macros from man page because the don't do what we want. - Grow: Fix linear-growth when devices are not all the same size. - Improve reporting of layout for raid10. - Manage: allow adding device that is just large enough to v1.x array. - Cosmetic cleanup of some messages. - Clean up usage of open() - Add support for distribution specific build extensions - Fix confusing usage in md.4 man page. - Describe the HOMEHOST entry in the mdadm.conf man page. - Some more cleanup of tests. - Add test for stoping and restarting a raid5 reshape. - Add "bitmap=" to "--detail --brief" output when relevant. - Improve error message when mdadm fails to stop an array. - Couple more man page fixes - Add text to man pages suggesting partition type to use for version 1.x metadata. - Italic/bold fixes in man pages. - Fix bug in forced assemble. - Fix an error when assembling arrays that are in the middle of a reshape. - -Development of mdadm is sponsored by - SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. - -NeilBrown 28th November 2008 |