From 209b742f4d530706811463354c29265de2023c01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Brown Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:52:28 +1100 Subject: Release 2-5-5 --- ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ChangeLog | 2 +- ReadMe.c | 2 +- inventory | 1 + mdadm.8 | 2 +- mdadm.spec | 2 +- mdassemble.8 | 2 +- 7 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 b/ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..73eea4e --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +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 diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 7cb07fe..cd7dc22 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Changes Prior to this release +Changes Prior to 2.5.5 release - 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, diff --git a/ReadMe.c b/ReadMe.c index 2a352ef..7553bfa 100644 --- a/ReadMe.c +++ b/ReadMe.c @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ #include "mdadm.h" -char Version[] = Name " - v2.5.4 - 13 October 2006\n"; +char Version[] = Name " - v2.5.5 - 23 October 2006\n"; /* * File: ReadMe.c diff --git a/inventory b/inventory index e82f365..22d4c73 100644 --- a/inventory +++ b/inventory @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ANNOUNCE-2.5.1 ANNOUNCE-2.5.2 ANNOUNCE-2.5.3 ANNOUNCE-2.5.4 +ANNOUNCE-2.5.5 Assemble.c Build.c COPYING diff --git a/mdadm.8 b/mdadm.8 index 5db6fef..fafd6cd 100644 --- a/mdadm.8 +++ b/mdadm.8 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ''' the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or ''' (at your option) any later version. ''' See file COPYING in distribution for details. -.TH MDADM 8 "" v2.5.4 +.TH MDADM 8 "" v2.5.5 .SH NAME mdadm \- manage MD devices .I aka diff --git a/mdadm.spec b/mdadm.spec index e8d5c5d..fa8e7c9 100644 --- a/mdadm.spec +++ b/mdadm.spec @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Summary: mdadm is used for controlling Linux md devices (aka RAID arrays) Name: mdadm -Version: 2.5.4 +Version: 2.5.5 Release: 1 Source: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/mdadm-%{version}.tgz URL: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/ diff --git a/mdassemble.8 b/mdassemble.8 index 3c6544f..6d174a3 100644 --- a/mdassemble.8 +++ b/mdassemble.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" -*- nroff -*- -.TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v2.5.3 +.TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v2.5.5 .SH NAME mdassemble \- assemble MD devices .I aka -- cgit