patch-2.4.19 linux-2.4.19/drivers/block/loop.c

• Lines: 31
• Date: Fri Aug 2 17:39:43 2002
• Orig file: linux-2.4.18/drivers/block/loop.c
• Orig date: Fri Dec 21 09:41:53 2001

diff -urN linux-2.4.18/drivers/block/loop.c linux-2.4.19/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
  * Al Viro too.
  * Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>, Nov 2000
  *
+ * Support up to 256 loop devices
+ * Heinz Mauelshagen <mge@sistina.com>, Feb 2002
+ *
  * Still To Fix:
  * - Advisory locking is ignored here. 
  * - Should use an own CAP_* category instead of CAP_SYS_ADMIN 
@@ -965,7 +968,7 @@
  * And now the modules code and kernel interface.
  */
 MODULE_PARM(max_loop, "i");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices (1-255)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices (1-256)");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 int loop_register_transfer(struct loop_func_table *funcs)
@@ -1001,9 +1004,9 @@
 {
 	int	i;
 
-	if ((max_loop < 1) || (max_loop > 255)) {
+	if ((max_loop < 1) || (max_loop > 256)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "loop: invalid max_loop (must be between"
-				    " 1 and 255), using default (8)\n");
+				    " 1 and 256), using default (8)\n");
 		max_loop = 8;
 	}