I would like to announce the availability of mdctl-0.6 from http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdctl/ Note: it is expected that the name will change when 1.0 comes out, probably to mdadmin (it is easier to pronounce) Changes: There is now a ChangeLog file. The relevant section is below. Highlights are: --build actually works! --examine --scan creates some ARRAY lines suitable for mdctl.conf Manpage substantially improved Please read the manpage and tell me where further improvements can be made. NeilBrown Changes Prior to 0.6 release - Remove the limit on the number of device names that can be given on the command line. - Fix bug in --assemble --force where it would only update a single superblock. - Fix bogus printing of big numbers not being block devices when given names of devices that don't exist. - When --assemble --force, consider superblocks with an event count that is 1 behind as out-of-date. Normally they are considered up-to-date (as the kernel assumes this too). - When marking drives as not-failed in the superblock, we also mark them as ACTIVE and SYNC. - Don't start arrays for which not all drives are available unless: --scan which implies that all drives were found automatically --run which means the user knows what they want --force which means that we are fixing something broken - Make sure all device numbers passed as 3rd arg of ioctl are passed as unsigned lock, so that it works on SPARC - If HOT_ADD_DISK failes for -a, then only try ADD_NEW_DISK if we cannot read from the array, i.e. if the array is not started yet. - man page update - Taught Examine to handle --scan. It examines all devices listed on DEVICE lines in the config file. - Added --brief (-b) flag for Examine and Detail to print out and mdctl.conf compatible description with uuid=, level=, disks= and - for Examine - devices= --examine --brief collects all devices the make the one array and list them as one entry. - Added level= and disks= options to ARRAY lines in config files so --brief output could be used as-is. - Make parity style ({left,right}-{,a}symmetric) consistantly use -, never _. - Add "Array Size" to --detail output - Change "Size" to "Device Size" and exclude from Detail of arrays that do not have a consistent device size. - Add Human readable MiB or GiB value on size lines of Detail and Examine - --assemble --scan doesn't complain about active drives - require number of spares given in -x to be listed. - Made --build actually work. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
