Hi !
it seems that losetup doesn`t yet honour recent kernel change (see
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=73285082745045bcd64333c1fbaa88f8490f2626
) to allow more than 256 loop-devices.
that change was great because i can build a bigger cd-rom server now :)
loop-device creation is dynamically now, is there already work in progress for
support in losetup ?
i would have send a fix, but i`m unsure if just changing limitations in
lomount.c
show_used_loop_devices (void) {
....
for (j = 0; j < SIZE(loop_formats); j++) {
for(i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
sprintf(dev, loop_formats[j], i);
and
find_unused_loop_device (void) {
....
for (j = 0; j < SIZE(loop_formats); j++) {
for(i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
sprintf(dev, loop_formats[j], i);
is the way to go since MINOR limit of device nodes seems to be at 1048575 and
that`s probably a little bit to large value to loop trough.
regards
roland
sysadmin
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