- check superblock checksum in examine - report "chunk" or "rounding" depending on raid level - report "linear" instead of "-1" for raid level DONE - decode ayout depending on raid level DONE - get Assemble to upgrade devices if force flag. - --verbose and --force flags. - set md_minor, *_disks for Create - for create raid5, how to choose between all working, but not insync one missing, one spare, insync