2.4.1prepatch 8 drivers/md/md.c line 3722 for (; i < MD_SB_DISKS && str; i++) { /* if ((device = name_to_kdev_t(str))) { md_setup_args.devices[minor][i] = device; } else { printk ("md: Unknown device name, %s.\n", str); return 0; } if ((str = strchr(str, ',')) != NULL) str++; */ char *ndevstr; ndevstr = strchr(str, ','); // Goto ',' if (ndevstr != NULL) *ndevstr++ = 0; // Zero it for proper string // DEBUG Print device name printk("Checking: '%s'\n", str); // Convert device name to k_dev_t and assign to md_setup_args.devices // DEBUG As test, hardcode device names for /dev/md0.0 and /dev/md0.1 if (minor == 0 && i == 0) md_setup_args.devices[minor][i] = name_to_kdev_t("/dev/sdd5"); else if (minor == 0 && i == 1) md_setup_args.devices[minor][i] = name_to_kdev_t("/dev/sde5"); else md_setup_args.devices[minor][i] = name_to_kdev_t(str); // DEBUG Print out kdevname of md_setup_args.devices printk("\t%s\n", kdevname(md_setup_args.devices[minor][i])); // DEBUG Print minor and i (insync?) printk("minor=%d, i=%d\n",minor, i); // name_to_kdev_t() returned 0. Invalid device if (md_setup_args.devices[minor][i] == 0) { printk ("md: Unknown device name, %s.\n", str); return 0; } // Jump to next devname in str str = ndevstr; }