struct list_head *tmp;
        mdk_rdev_t *rdev2;
        int next_spare = mddev->raid_disks;
-       char nm[20];
+
 
        /* make rdev->sb match mddev data..
         *
         */
        int i;
        int active=0, working=0,failed=0,spare=0,nr_disks=0;
-       unsigned int fixdesc=0;
 
        rdev->sb_size = MD_SB_BYTES;
 
                        desc_nr = rdev2->raid_disk;
                else
                        desc_nr = next_spare++;
-               if (desc_nr != rdev2->desc_nr) {
-                       fixdesc |= (1 << desc_nr);
-                       rdev2->desc_nr = desc_nr;
-                       if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0) {
-                               sprintf(nm, "rd%d", rdev2->raid_disk);
-                               sysfs_remove_link(&mddev->kobj, nm);
-                       }
-                       sysfs_remove_link(&rdev2->kobj, "block");
-                       kobject_del(&rdev2->kobj);
-               }
+               rdev2->desc_nr = desc_nr;
                d = &sb->disks[rdev2->desc_nr];
                nr_disks++;
                d->number = rdev2->desc_nr;
                if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev2->flags))
                        d->state |= (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY);
        }
-       if (fixdesc)
-               ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev2,tmp)
-                       if (fixdesc & (1<<rdev2->desc_nr)) {
-                               snprintf(rdev2->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "dev%d",
-                                        rdev2->desc_nr);
-                               /* kobject_add gets a ref on the parent, so
-                                * we have to drop the one we already have
-                                */
-                               kobject_add(&rdev2->kobj);
-                               kobject_put(rdev->kobj.parent);
-                               sysfs_create_link(&rdev2->kobj,
-                                                 &rdev2->bdev->bd_disk->kobj,
-                                                 "block");
-                               if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0) {
-                                       sprintf(nm, "rd%d", rdev2->raid_disk);
-                                       sysfs_create_link(&mddev->kobj,
-                                                         &rdev2->kobj, nm);
-                               }
-                       }
        /* now set the "removed" and "faulty" bits on any missing devices */
        for (i=0 ; i < mddev->raid_disks ; i++) {
                mdp_disk_t *d = &sb->disks[i];
                if (find_rdev_nr(mddev, rdev->desc_nr))
                        return -EBUSY;
        }
+       bdevname(rdev->bdev,b);
+       if (kobject_set_name(&rdev->kobj, "dev-%s", b) < 0)
+               return -ENOMEM;
                        
        list_add(&rdev->same_set, &mddev->disks);
        rdev->mddev = mddev;
-       printk(KERN_INFO "md: bind<%s>\n", bdevname(rdev->bdev,b));
+       printk(KERN_INFO "md: bind<%s>\n", b);
 
-       rdev->kobj.k_name = NULL;
-       snprintf(rdev->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "dev%d", rdev->desc_nr);
        rdev->kobj.parent = &mddev->kobj;
        kobject_add(&rdev->kobj);