Recommended update for mdadm
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
This update to mdadm resolves the following issues:
* Fix problem with removing 'failed' or 'detached'
devices (bnc#721412).
* If multiple "mdadm -A devname" are running at the
same time, that shouldn't trip each other up and cause
"cannot re-read metadata" errors (bnc#749353).
* Allow non-power-of-2 chunk size for RAID0
(bnc#762675).
https://bugzilla.novell.com/721412
https://bugzilla.novell.com/749353
https://bugzilla.novell.com/762675
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=459d12b36caf696513f713fa903e28c9
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2012:0950-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #721412 #749353 #762675 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update to mdadm resolves the following issues:
* Fix problem with removing 'failed' or 'detached'
devices (bnc#721412).
* If multiple "mdadm -A devname" are running at the
same time, that shouldn't trip each other up and cause
"cannot re-read metadata" errors (bnc#749353).
* Allow non-power-of-2 chunk size for RAID0
(bnc#762675).
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-mdadm-6392 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-mdadm-6392 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-mdadm-6392
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- mdadm-3.0.3-0.34.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- mdadm-3.0.3-0.34.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
- mdadm-3.0.3-0.34.1