Bug#569359: mdadm -Ds insists on /dev/md/X device presence

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Martin Michlmayr <tbm at cyrius.com> [2010.06.08.1124 +0200]:
> > It would be safer to use
> >    mdadm -As
> > to ensure all arrays are assembled, then
> >    mdadm -Ds
> > to create mdadm.conf
> > 
> > ... but why do you even want to create mdadm.conf ???
> 
> I'll let madduck answer this.

I have not yet found a way to ensure stable device names without an
mdadm.conf, so I have not yet made it optional. The current push to
UUID-based device access in combination with incremental assembly
might be the key.

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