i have released Linux-RAID 1999.07.13, you can find the patches
raid0145-19990713-2.0.37.gz, raid0145-19990713-2.2.10.gz and
raidtools-19990713-0.90.tar.gz in the usual alpha directory:
http://www.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/raid/alpha
[mirrors should have synced up by the time you receive this email]
the patch adds the following new features:
- the failed-disk patch from Martin Bene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. With this
feature it's possible to recreate arbitrary RAID superblock
state. It's also used to install RAID1-only systems easier.
- new super-fast PIII/KNI RAID-checksumming assembly routines from
Zach Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Doug Ledford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
These new checksumming routines not only speed RAID5 writes and
reconstruction up significantly on PIII boxes, but also use the
new KNI cache-control instructions to reduce cache footprint.
- initial SMP threading of RAID5 - RAID5 will be fully SMP
threaded by 2.4 time.
bugfixes in this release (only the resync bug was serious):
- some annoying documentation and sample config file errors got
corrected
- raidtools abort message updated
- the 'hanging resync' bug, triggered by 2.2.8 fixed
- a slightly rewritten version of the small raid0.c additional
sanity check patch floating around on linux-raid - we'll see
wether it makes a difference.
- *WARNING*. The 2.0.37 RAID-patch includes the 'EGCS patch', so
if you have applied the EGCS patch you'll get rejects.
... and other small stuff. Let me know if i've missed something.
While these changes might sound extensive, they are well-tested, thanks to
Mike Black and others.
enjoy,
-- mingo
