*/
 
 
-static int analyze_sbs(mddev_t * mddev)
+static void analyze_sbs(mddev_t * mddev)
 {
        int i;
        struct list_head *tmp;
                       " -- starting background reconstruction\n",
                       mdname(mddev));
 
-       return 0;
 }
 
 int mdp_major = 0;
        struct gendisk *disk;
        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-       if (list_empty(&mddev->disks)) {
-               MD_BUG();
+       if (list_empty(&mddev->disks))
+               /* cannot run an array with no devices.. */
                return -EINVAL;
-       }
 
        if (mddev->pers)
                return -EBUSY;
        /*
         * Analyze all RAID superblock(s)
         */
-       if (!mddev->raid_disks && analyze_sbs(mddev)) {
-               MD_BUG();
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
+       if (!mddev->raid_disks)
+               analyze_sbs(mddev);
 
        chunk_size = mddev->chunk_size;
        pnum = level_to_pers(mddev->level);
                 * chunk-size has to be a power of 2 and multiples of PAGE_SIZE
                 */
                if ( (1 << ffz(~chunk_size)) != chunk_size) {
-                       MD_BUG();
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "chunk_size of %d not valid\n", chunk_size);
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                if (chunk_size < PAGE_SIZE) {
                }
        }
 
-       if (pnum >= MAX_PERSONALITY) {
-               MD_BUG();
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
        if (!pers[pnum])
        {
        struct list_head *tmp;
        int err;
 
-       if (list_empty(&mddev->disks)) {
-               MD_BUG();
+       if (list_empty(&mddev->disks))
                return;
-       }
 
        printk(KERN_INFO "md: running: ");
 
        spin_lock(&pers_lock);
        if (pers[pnum]) {
                spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
-               MD_BUG();
                return -EBUSY;
        }
 
 
 int unregister_md_personality(int pnum)
 {
-       if (pnum >= MAX_PERSONALITY) {
-               MD_BUG();
+       if (pnum >= MAX_PERSONALITY)
                return -EINVAL;
-       }
 
        printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s personality unregistered\n", pers[pnum]->name);
        spin_lock(&pers_lock);