Author: ken
Date: Tue Sep 10 16:12:35 2013
New Revision: 11818
Log:
mdadm-3.3 - NB I've replaced 'make everything' by 'make', but mentioned it as
an optional command.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/mdadm.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Tue Sep 10 14:28:22 2013 (r11817)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Tue Sep 10 16:12:35 2013 (r11818)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
<!ENTITY fuse-version "2.9.3">
<!ENTITY jfsutils-version "1.1.15">
<!ENTITY lvm2-version "2.02.100">
-<!ENTITY mdadm-version "3.2.6">
+<!ENTITY mdadm-version "3.3">
<!ENTITY ntfs-3g-version "2013.1.13">
<!ENTITY gptfdisk-version "0.8.7">
<!ENTITY parted-version "3.1">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Tue Sep 10 14:28:22
2013 (r11817)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Tue Sep 10 16:12:35
2013 (r11818)
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
<para>September 10th, 2013</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Update to mdadm-3.3. Fixes
+ <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4023">#4023</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Update to gnome-desktop-3.8.4. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4033">#4033</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/mdadm.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/mdadm.xml Tue Sep 10 14:28:22 2013
(r11817)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/mdadm.xml Tue Sep 10 16:12:35 2013
(r11818)
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
<!ENTITY mdadm-download-http
"&kernel;linux/utils/raid/mdadm/mdadm-&mdadm-version;.tar.xz">
<!ENTITY mdadm-download-ftp " ">
- <!ENTITY mdadm-md5sum "2afc306135466923fe5020d743bff9a4">
- <!ENTITY mdadm-size "364 KB">
- <!ENTITY mdadm-buildsize "16.4 MB">
- <!ENTITY mdadm-time "0.4 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY mdadm-md5sum "abb19b309281b93cf79d29fb2dfb2e85">
+ <!ENTITY mdadm-size "390 KB">
+ <!ENTITY mdadm-buildsize "8.3 MB">
+ <!ENTITY mdadm-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="mdadm" xreflabel="mdadm-&mdadm-version;">
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@
<para>Install <application>mdadm</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>make everything</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
-<!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
+ <para>If you wish to run the tests, ensure that your kernel supports
+ RAID and that a version of mdadm is not already running, and issue:
+ <command>make test</command> and then, as the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user: ./test</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
@@ -101,6 +104,18 @@
</sect2>
+ <sect2 role="commands">
+ <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+ <para><option>--make everything</option>: This switch creates extra
programs,
+ particularly a statically-linked version of <command>mdadm</command> and
+ also versions of <command>mdassemble</command>. These all need to be
manually
+ installed.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
@@ -110,7 +125,7 @@
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>mdadm and mdmon</seg>
+ <seg>mdadm, mdmon and optionally mdassemble</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
@@ -140,6 +155,17 @@
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="mdassemble">
+ <term><command>mdassemble</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>is a tiny program that can be used to assemble MD devices
+ inside an initial ramdisk (initrd) or initramfs.</para>
+ <indexterm zone="mdadm mdassemble">
+ <primary sortas="b-mdassemble">mdassemble</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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