On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 12:35:13PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > Hi all, > > Kernel 2.6.20-gentoo > > My various /dev/loop/* devices used to always JustWork, until a recent > update. Unfortunately I can't tell when the breakage happened. > > Right now what happens is I don't get these devices automatically > and 'mount - o loop' fails. A simple 'modprobe loop' fixes this, the > kernel is configured as I've been using it for ages: > > config-2.6.20-gentoo:CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m > config-2.6.20-gentoo:CONFIG_KMOD=y > > Oddly, I never had 'loop' in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 before > (I do now), anyone know of a recent change that would cause this?
If you want loopback devices to "just work", they should be compiled into the kernel, like so... make menuconfig Device Drivers ---> Block devices ---> <*> Loopback device support My guess is that somewhere along the line, the "<*>" got changed to a "<M>". Change it back to "<*>", recompile the kernel and any necessary modules, and reboot. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://techsec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
