On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Mitchell Laks wrote:

So I have to compile my own 2.6.15 kernel. So what version of mdadm do I use?
How shall I install it?

I'm using a stock (www.kernel.org) 2.6.15 kernel on several Debian Sarge
servers and just using the debian packaged mdadm. Seems to work OK.

Does it make sense to simply compile mdadm  2.2 and replace /sbin/mdadm with
the new version?????? How can I get the best recent mdadm? I am using raid1.

Personally, I'd say don't upgrade unless you actually need the features of
the latest & gratest....

Debian sarge ships with 1.9.0:

  eagle:~# uname -a
  Linux eagle 2.6.15 #1 PREEMPT Sat Jan 21 15:59:40 GMT 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
  eagle:~# mdadm --version
  mdadm - v1.9.0 - 04 February 2005
  eagle:~# dpkg -l | fgrep mdadm
  ii  mdadm          1.9.0-4sarge1  Manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid

Gordon