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| -rw-r--r-- | ANNOUNCE-3.1.1 | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ReadMe.c | 2 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | inventory | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdadm.8 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdadm.spec | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdassemble.8 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdmon.8 | 2 |
8 files changed, 54 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-3.1.1 b/ANNOUNCE-3.1.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9e480dc --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-3.1.1 @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 3.1.1 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux + +I am pleased to announce the availability of + mdadm version 3.1.1 + +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at + git://neil.brown.name/mdadm + http://neil.brown.name/git?p=mdadm + +This is a bugfix release over 3.1, which was withdrawn due to serious +bugs. So it might be best to ignore 3.1 and say that this is a significant +feature release over 3.0.x + +Significant changes are: + - RAID level conversion between RAID1, RAID5, and RAID6 are + possible were the kernel supports it (2.6.32 at least) + - online chunksize and layout changing for RAID5 and RAID6 + where the kernel supports it. + - reduce the number of devices in a RAID4/5/6 array. + + - The default metadata is not v1.1. This metadata is stored at the + start of the device so is safer in many ways but could interfere with + boot loaded. The old default (0.90) is still available and fully + supported. + + - The default chunksize is now 512K rather than 64K. This seems more + appropriate for modern devices. + + - The default bitmap chunksize for internal bitmaps is now at least + 64Meg as fine grained bitmaps tend to impact performance more for + little extra gain. + +This release is believed to be stable and you should feel free to +upgrade to 3.1.1. + +NeilBrown 19th November 2009 @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@ Please see git logs for detailed change log. This file just contains highlight. +Changes Prior to release 3.1.1 + - Multiple fixes for new --grow levels including fixes for + serious data corruption problems. + - Change default metadata to v1.1 + - Change default chunk size to 512K + - Change default bitmap chunk size to 64Meg + - When --re-add is used, don't fall back to + --add if --re-add fails as this can destroy data. + Changes Prior to release 3.1 - Support --grow to change the layout of RAID4/5/6 - Support --grow to change the chunksize of raid 4/5/6 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ #include "mdadm.h" -char Version[] = Name " - v3.1 - 22nd October 2009\n"; +char Version[] = Name " - v3.1.1 - 19th November 2009\n"; /* * File: ReadMe.c @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ANNOUNCE-3.0.1 ANNOUNCE-3.0.2 ANNOUNCE-3.0.3 ANNOUNCE-3.1 +ANNOUNCE-3.1.1 Assemble.c bitmap.c bitmap.h @@ -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 "" v3.1 +.TH MDADM 8 "" v3.1.1 .SH NAME mdadm \- manage MD devices .I aka @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Summary: mdadm is used for controlling Linux md devices (aka RAID arrays) Name: mdadm -Version: 3.1 +Version: 3.1.1 Release: 1 Source: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/mdadm-%{version}.tgz URL: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm diff --git a/mdassemble.8 b/mdassemble.8 index ecb0970..1135303 100644 --- a/mdassemble.8 +++ b/mdassemble.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" -*- nroff -*- -.TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v3.1 +.TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v3.1.1 .SH NAME mdassemble \- assemble MD devices .I aka @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" See file COPYING in distribution for details. -.TH MDMON 8 "" v3.1 +.TH MDMON 8 "" v3.1.1 .SH NAME mdmon \- monitor MD external metadata arrays |