Bug#534470: Using mdadm 2.6.7.2 to assemble a raid array created with mdadm 1.9.0 will corrupt it making mdadm 1.9.0 to crash when trying to reassemble

[martin f krafft]

tags 534470 = wontfix upstream
summary 534470 13
thanks

also sprach Neil Brown <neilb at suse.de> [2010.01.28.1328 +1300]:
> I don't think so. We really want old arrays to work smoothly on
> new kernels. To avoid a repartition of the original problem we
> would need not just a message, but an option not to assemble the
> array and that would be awkward for people normally upgrading
> their system.
> 
> So I don't think there is a solution for this problem that does
> not introduce other problems. It does not affect x86
> architectures, and is only a problem if you move to a new kernel,
> then back to an old kernel.  So hopefully it will be very rare.
> 
> Sorry.

This therefore won't get fixed.



> 
> NeilBrown
> 


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