Re: /dev/loop* devices not appearing in /dev (at least since 2.6.22-rc3*)

[Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@citd.de>]

markus reichelt wrote:

> PS: Just wondering: Who came up with this "on-demand" hype?

I don't remember the names, but i remember the root causes. Here we go:

The discussion started when someone with a CD-Server ran out of loops as 256 was the "fixed" maximum.

The other "root"-cause was that the data-structure for the loop-devices was fixed in size at load-time, so after you load the loop-module you couldn't change anything.

 From "increasing" the maximum to <don't remember, but wasn't that much better> the discussion went to dynamic allocation.
Dynamic allocation has the added nicety that there is a bit less waste of resources, in case you don't need so many loops and that you can scale to a large number of loops if you need to.

When all the bugs and usability problems are shaken out, everybody is happy, especially the members of the "i need massive amounts of loops"-fraction.

So much for the background.




Bis denn

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