.BR byteorder ,
.BR devicesize ,
.BR no\-bitmap ,
+.BR bbl ,
+.BR no-\bbl ,
or
.BR super\-minor .
corrupt in some way so that assembling the array normally fails. It
will cause any internal bitmap to be ignored.
+The
+.B bbl
+option will reserve space in each device for a bad block list. This
+will be 4K in size and positioned near the end of any free space
+between the superblock and the data.
+
+The
+.B no\-bbl
+option will cause any reservation of space for a bad block list to be
+removed. If the bad block list contains entries, this will fail, as
+removing the list could cause data corruption.
+
.TP
.BR \-\-freeze\-reshape
Option is intended to be used in start-up scripts during initrd boot phase.
it will be assumed that bitmap-based recovery is enough to make the
device fully consistent with the array.
-When
+When used with v1.x metadata,
.B \-\-re\-add
can be accompanied by
-.BR \-\-update=devicesize .
-See the description of this option when used in Assemble mode for an
-explanation of its use.
+.BR \-\-update=devicesize ,
+.BR \-\-update=bbl ", or"
+.BR \-\-update=no\-bbl .
+See the description of these option when used in Assemble mode for an
+explanation of their use.
If the device name given is
.B missing