Thanks, Paolo, Markus, I just tried out
modprobe loop max_loop=32 output of dmesg is: [ 457.607575] loop: the max_loop option is obsolete and will be removed in March 2008 [ 457.607578] loop: module loaded but there are NO loop devices in /dev: ls -l /dev/ | grep loop still shows nothing, strange ... so I'll stick to .22-rc4 with that patch (works, as far as creation of loop devices are concerned) Regards - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/