[Bug 1185756] Re: drbd8-utils not compatible with linux-lts-raring kernel in 12.04

[Stefan Bader]

The newer version of the drbd8 utils offer a way to include backwards compatible versions of drbdadm and drbdsetup. So it seemed possible to backport that version. There were a few details to add but I think I got a version that seems to work ok within 12.04/Precise and a 3.2 kernel and after installing a 3.8 kernel.
One WARNING: booting into a 3.8 kernel and having a resource connected seems to modify the meta-data in a way that is not recognized when booting back into an older kernel. It is possible to force a create-md but then a full resync happens.

I will also attach binary packages of the backport I did. Maybe affected
parties could give those a more thorough validation than me. Not sure
whether this is changing much more than SRU should do but on the other
hand, if it would work with all kernels it would be much better than
adding release notes which might be read too late.

** Patch added: "Debdiff agains the Raring version of drbd8"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/drbd8/+bug/1185756/+attachment/3840755/+files/debdiff-raring.patch

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  drbd8-utils not compatible with linux-lts-raring kernel in 12.04

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