Using mdadm-3.2.2 from openSUSE_12.1: # modprobe brd rd_size=1 rd_nr=4096 # mdadm -C /dev/md9 -l 10 -n 384 /dev/ram{0..383} mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata Segmentation fault (core dumped) #1 Create (st=0xb4c600, mddev=0x7fff3bda64c0 "/dev/md9", chunk=512, level=10, layout=12593328, size=4, raiddisks=384, sparedisks=0, name=0x7fff3bda64c7 "9", homehost=0x7fff3bda6fe0 "seven", uuid=0x0, subdevs=384, devlist=0xb49030, runstop=0, verbose=0, force=0, assume_clean=0, bitmap_file=0x0, bitmap_chunk=65534, write_behind=0, delay=5, autof=0) at Create.c:899 899 fprintf(stderr, (gdb) l 894 info_new.uuid, chosen_name); 895 me = map_by_devnum(&map, st->container_dev); 896 } 897 898 if (st->ss->write_init_super(st)) { 899 fprintf(stderr, 900 Name ": Failed to write metadata to %s\n", 901 dv->devname); 902 st->ss->free_super(st); 903 goto abort; (gdb) p dv $1 = <optimized out> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html