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On Wednesday 21 February 2007, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> If you want loopback devices to "just work", they should be |
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> compiled into the kernel, like so... |
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> make menuconfig |
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> Device Drivers ---> |
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> Block devices ---> |
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> <*> Loopback device support |
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> My guess is that somewhere along the line, the "<*>" got changed to |
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> a "<M>". Change it back to "<*>", recompile the kernel and any |
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> necessary modules, and reboot. |
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That would be true except I've beeen setting loop to <M> since many |
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kernel versions back. I actually suspect it's more a udev thing, there |
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has been a lot of activity and changes with the rules recently. But I'm |
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too rushed to decrypt all the rules syntax and see what changed. |
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In a way it makes sense to make udev not create loop devices by default. |
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If the user didn't ask for them, they shouldn't be there (aka |
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TheGentooWay). And 'loop' in kernel-2.6 fixes it all. |
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Thanks for replying, |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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