Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:31:59 +0200 | Subject | [PATCH] status update of loop | From | Fruhwirth Clemens <> |
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As stated in
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=106275365925769&w=2
loop.c is broken. Apparently nobody is interested in fixing the problem (0 replies) and Linux is still to immature to have a central bugtracking database (one which is regularly checked by developers), here is the appropriate patch:
--- linux-2.6.0-test5/drivers/block/Kconfig~ Sun Jul 27 18:58:50 2003 +++ linux-2.6.0-test5/drivers/block/Kconfig Tue Sep 16 00:23:54 2003 @@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ for the device number config BLK_DEV_LOOP - tristate "Loopback device support" + tristate "Loopback device support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL ---help--- Saying Y here will allow you to use a regular file as a block device; you can then create a file system on that block device and - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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