Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031148AbXEPVNh (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 17:13:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762608AbXEPVN1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 17:13:27 -0400 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.224]:55534 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754561AbXEPVN1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 17:13:27 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sLQVoIiGh19WyNwp5nh9b3R1ZpwJzj0o6BRSh/5PPlAofV3oAsYC4JfyumTRjZ8c/46+x4ghWASqYauKTg6tuOMPzZbfnCh2S2gEIr10uXyYGlrmtBaByn3Ae94k2qJt/4ak3WpsZdFcA4CJgJbJuOy4WzxmoH0ejGRlTwne9rc= Message-ID: <6bffcb0e0705161413s5008e3b9o90a6e769121184e4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 23:13:25 +0200 From: "Michal Piotrowski" To: "Alexey Dobriyan" Subject: Re: (1 loop device) Re: [1/3] 2.6.22-rc1: known regressions v2 Cc: "Uwe Bugla" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070516211146.GA5660@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <464B6A22.905@googlemail.com> <20070516211146.GA5660@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1249 Lines: 42 [Adding Uwe to CC] On 16/05/07, Alexey Dobriyan 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 > > 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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/