Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752649AbXFORUg (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:20:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751329AbXFORU3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:20:29 -0400 Received: from aa012msr.fastwebnet.it ([85.18.95.72]:55805 "EHLO aa012msr.fastwebnet.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751099AbXFORU2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:20:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:19:22 +0200 From: Paolo Ornati To: "Simon Arlott" Cc: "Jan Engelhardt" , "markus reichelt" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev/loop* devices not appearing in /dev (at least since 2.6.22-rc3*) Message-ID: <20070615191922.4dbaba84@localhost> In-Reply-To: <42688.simon.1181906375@5ec7c279.invalid> References: <20070614125224.GA4155@tatooine.rebelbase.local> <42688.simon.1181906375@5ec7c279.invalid> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 25 On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:19:35 +0100 "Simon Arlott" wrote: > > It *is* a good idea. MD works that way too. > > There's a patch around somewhere to create at least 8 devices, I don't know why it's not in Linus' tree yet... It is! It's just that it was applied after -rc4... commit a47653fc2643cf61bcabba8c9ff5c45517c089ba Author: Ken Chen Date: Fri Jun 8 13:46:44 2007 -0700 loop: preallocate eight loop devices [...] -- Paolo Ornati Linux 2.6.22-rc4-cfs-v16-g47932c49 on x86_64 - 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/