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Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 23:13:25 +0200 From: "Michal Piotrowski" <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com> To: "Alexey Dobriyan" <adobriyan@...il.com> Cc: "Uwe Bugla" <uwe.bugla@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: (1 loop device) Re: [1/3] 2.6.22-rc1: known regressions v2 [Adding Uwe to CC] On 16/05/07, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 10:31:30PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > > Block devices > > > > Subject : loop devices limited to one single device > > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/16/229 > > Submitter : Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@....de> > > Status : Unknown > > >> The patch against loop.c is neither a fix, nor does it create > >> loop devices on demand: > > It does. In kernel memory. > > >> Facts are instead, at least on my machine: > > >> The number of available loop devices is reduced from 8 (conventional > >> standard of preceding 2.6 kernels) to 1. > > >> The consequence is: If you have to mount more than one single iso-image > >> with > >> the loop parameter you are receiving the following message during system > >> boot: > > >> "mount: could not find any free loop device" > > I suggest to read mknod(1) manpage. > > -- Michal K. K. Piotrowski Kernel Monkeys (http://kernel.wikidot.com/start) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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