SUSE-RU-2012:0995-1: moderate: Recommended update for mdadm

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0995-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #758094 #763275 #763277 #763448 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has four recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update to mdadm resolves the following issue:

   * Make sure aligned writes of bitmap come from an
   aligned buffer, otherwise creating a bitmap will fail
   (bnc#758094).

   It also brings some improvements to Intel IMSM metadata
   handling:

   * Ensure volume limits are preserved (bnc#763275)
   * Ensure the second array uses all available space as
   required (bnc#763277)
   * Ensure RAID0 chunksize migration leaves the array as
   a RAID0 (bnc#763448).


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 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mdadm-6396

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mdadm-6396

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-mdadm-6396

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      mdadm-3.2.2-0.37.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      mdadm-3.2.2-0.37.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      mdadm-3.2.2-0.37.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/758094
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/763275
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/763277
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/763448
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f97171bbcf617a691ee4586e44a4bcb4