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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-3.2.5 b/ANNOUNCE-3.2.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..396da12 --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-3.2.5 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 3.2.5 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux + +I am somewhat disappointed to have to announce the availability of + mdadm version 3.2.5 + +It is available at the usual places, now including github: + countrycode=xx. + http://www.${countrycode}kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ +and via git at + git://github.com/neilbrown/mdadm + git://neil.brown.name/mdadm + http://neil.brown.name/git/mdadm + +This release primarily fixes a serious regression in 3.2.4. +This regression does *not* cause any risk to data. It simply +means that adding a device with "--add" would sometime fail +when it should not. + +The fix also includes a couple of minor fixes such as making +the "--layout=preserve" option to "--grow" work again. + +A reminder that the default location for runtime files is now +"/run/mdadm". If you compile this for a distro that does not +have "/run", you will need to compile with an alternate setting for +MAP_DIR. e.g. + make MAP_DIR=/var/run/mdadm +or + make MAP_DIR=/dev/.mdadm + +NeilBrown 18th May 2012 + |