rv = Manage_stop(devlist->devname, mdfd, c.verbose, 0);
break;
case ASSEMBLE:
- if (devs_found == 1 && ident.uuid_set == 0 &&
- ident.super_minor == UnSet && ident.name[0] == 0 &&
- !c.scan ) {
+ if (!c.scan && c.runstop == -1) {
+ pr_err("--no-degraded not meaningful without a --scan assembly.\n");
+ exit(1);
+ } else if (devs_found == 1 && ident.uuid_set == 0 &&
+ ident.super_minor == UnSet && ident.name[0] == 0 &&
+ !c.scan) {
/* Only a device has been given, so get details from config file */
struct mddev_ident *array_ident = conf_get_ident(devlist->devname);
if (array_ident == NULL) {