Dave Baukus writes:
> kernel: 2.2.1-rmk3, platform: ebsa285,root file system is NFS

Root-NFS'd filesystems do tend to produce more debug output from the NFS
client code.

> __nfs_fhget: inode 552755 busy, i_count=2, i_nlink=1
> nfs_free_dentries: found subsys/random, d_count=0, hashed=1
> nfs_dentry_delete: subsys/random: ino=552755, count=2, nlink=1
>...
> Starting system loggers: nfs_refresh_inode: inode 121037 mode changed, 0144755
> to 0020666
>   syslogd: cannot create /dev/log: Input/output error
> nfs_lookup_validate: dev/log has dud inode

Oops.  That tends to indicate that inode numbers are changing on the server.
What is your NFS server, and are there any other systems using this export?

> Secondly, is it possible to swap to a NFS file via the loop device ?
> Are patchs required ?

No.  The loopback device does not work on NFS filesystems.
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