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@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ line and it should be give only one program.
.B CREATE
The
.B create
-line gives default values to be used when creating arrays and device entries for
-arrays.
+line gives default values to be used when creating arrays, new members
+of arrays, and device entries for arrays.
These include:
.RS 4
@@ -365,6 +365,16 @@ is given, then non-numeric
device names will not be used even if the default changes in a future
release of
.IR mdadm .
+
+.TP
+.B bbl=no
+By default,
+.I mdadm
+will reserve space for a bad block list (bbl) on all devices
+included in or added to any array that supports them. Setting
+.B bbl=no
+will prevent this, so newly added devices will not have a bad
+block log.
.RE
.TP