Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Bjorn Ekwall) | Subject | Re: loop module and kerneld | Date | Sat, 8 Jun 1996 09:10:03 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Michiel Boland <boland@sci.kun.nl> wrote: > I am (or rather, was :) running 1.99.12 with modules and kerneld. > Also configured the loop device as a module. > However, when I ran losetup, it always returned 'No such device'. > So, apparently, the loop module does not get autoloaded. > Instead, I have to explicitly modprobe loop to get it working.
Make sure that "modprobe -c" shows an alias for the loop module. Otherwise, add the following line to "/etc/conf.modules":
alias block-major-7 loop
I'm still trying to find the free time to make a new release of the module support package. By then modprobe will hopefully have an even larger set of pre-configured aliases, based on linux/Documentation/devices.
> > A quick glance at loop.c shows that there apparently is no > support for kerneld in there. Was this done on purpose?
Yes. The (generic) support is placed in "linux/fs/devices.c".
Bjorn
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