On Mon, Apr 16 2001, Jan Kasprzak wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:
> : On Mon, Apr 16 2001, Jan Kasprzak wrote:
> : > 	Hello,
> : > 
> : > 	I run a relatively large FTP server, and I've just reached
> : > the max_loop limit of loop devices here (I use loopback mount of ISO 9660
> : > images of Linux distros here). Is there any reason for keeping
> : > the max_loop variable in loop.c set to 8?
> : 
> : Memory requirements -- nothing prevents you from loading it with a
> : bigger max count though...
> : 
> 	I would suggest to make the limit configurable by /proc or
> ioctl() in run-time. Or even better, to make all allocations on
> first /dev/loopN open. Should I try to implement something like that?

Overkill, imo. If you use a module setup, add a max_loop to your
/etc/modules.conf. If not, add the identical max_loop to your lilo.conf
append line.

Ok, just noticed that the module option is missing. Attached patch
should rectify that oversight.

-- 
Jens Axboe