Version 2.5.3 of mdadm
Release Notes: This release fixed a recent breakage of starting degraded arrays and included a few minor documentation updates.
Other releases
Release Notes: Stability fixes were made. IMSM metadata reshape (OnLine Capacity Expansion) is no longer experimental. The "--grow --size" options can have "--assume-clean" to suppress extra resync. RAID0 chunk size no longer has to be a power of 2.
Release Notes: This release is a stablizing update for 3.2. Version 3.2 provides a policy framework to allow hot-plugged devices to be immediately included in arrays and to provide fine control for migrating spares between arrays. Version 3.2 also includes OnLine Capacity Expansion and level migration for IMSM (Intel) format arrays.
Release Notes: Assorted bugs were fixed, particularly relating to management of DDF metadata. The handling of arrays in various unusual states of disrepair was improved.
Release Notes: Lots of bugs were fixed. Improvements were made for booting from Intel IMSM metadata arrays. The default metadata version was changed to 1.2.
Release Notes: "--create --auto=mdp" was made to work for non-standard device names. Restarting of a "reshape" if it was stopped in the middle was fixed. A segfault when using v1 superblock was fixed. --write-mostly was made effective when re-adding a device to an array. Various minor fixes were made.
