SUSE-RU-2012:0950-1: moderate: Recommended update for mdadm

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0950-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #721412 #749353 #762675 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   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


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/721412
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/749353
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/762675
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=459d12b36caf696513f713fa903e28c9