1. Feature Overview:
 a) Name of feature:
Update mdadm to the latest upstream version.

 b) Feature Description: 
Mdadm is an application that can be used to control Linux MD devices.
It enables Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise on Linux by providing external IMSM metadata handlers for MD RAID.

2. Feature Details:
New version of mdadm may contain following features:
- support for second volume size
- data offset for each volume
- bugfixes

 a) Architectures:
64-bit Intel EM64T/AMD64

 b) Bugzilla Dependencies:

 c) Drivers or hardware dependencies:
- Any RAID supporting Intel HW platforms can be used, e.g. ICH9, ICH10, Ibexpeak, Patsburg, Wellsburg, Lewisburg
- MD-RAID driver
- VMD driver

 d) Upstream acceptance information: 
mdadm’s extensions including features above are in active development. Final version will be included in Jes Sorensen's GIT repository:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/mdadm/mdadm.git

Pull request will be triggered on this Bugzilla.

Intel can come back with specific commit requests if needed.

 e) External links:

 f) Severity (H,M,L):
Medium
 g) Feature Needed by:

3. Business Justification:
 a) Why is this feature needed?

 b) What hardware does this enable?

 c) Business impact?

 d) Other business drivers:

4. Primary contact at Red Hat, email, phone (chat)
     Don Bayly
     dbayly

5. Primary contact at Partner, email, phone (chat)
     Pragyan Pathi
     pragyansri.pathi