On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:37:32 +0200
Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> now back to topic:
>
> /dev/loop* seems to be broken since (at least) 2.6.22-rc3, since that
> was the first kernel I tried of the 2.6.22-rc* series
>
> ls -l /dev/ | grep loop
>
> shows no output
Yes, now the "loop" devices are dynamically allocated.... a patch to
provide the 8 "static allocated" loop devices is already in current git
(post -rc4, will be in -rc5).
commit a47653fc2643cf61bcabba8c9ff5c45517c089ba
Author: Ken Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri Jun 8 13:46:44 2007 -0700
loop: preallocate eight loop devices
The kernel on-demand loop device instantiation breaks several user space
tools as the tools are not ready to cope with the "on-demand feature". Fix
it by instantiate default 8 loop devices and also reinstate max_loop module
parameter.
--
Paolo Ornati
Linux 2.6.22-rc4-cfs-v16-g47932c49 on x86_64
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