Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754237AbXFOJBf (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:01:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752201AbXFOJB0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:01:26 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:20161 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751158AbXFOJBZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:01:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:01:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: markus reichelt cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev/loop* devices not appearing in /dev (at least since 2.6.22-rc3*) In-Reply-To: <20070614125224.GA4155@tatooine.rebelbase.local> Message-ID: References: <20070614125224.GA4155@tatooine.rebelbase.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 535 Lines: 19 On Jun 14 2007 14:52, markus reichelt wrote: >* Matthew wrote: > >> I read that now loop devices are being created on demand, which >> obviously (still) not works > >yes, someone thought this was a good idea :( It *is* a good idea. MD works that way too. Jan -- - 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/