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Title: Number Of Loop Devices Limited?
Post by: BerndS on April 19, 2006, 03:19:21 pm
I already asked this question on the German Zaurus discussion board but I did not get a final answer so I try again here.

Is the number of loop devices limited to 8 on the Zaurus?

I did not manage to use more than 8 loop devices on my CL-3200 with Sharp Rom.

According to this page

http://www.geocities.com/rlcomp_1999/loop.html (http://www.geocities.com/rlcomp_1999/loop.html)

it could be limited to 8 devices but the entry is very old and am I'm not sure if it's still valid.

If it's not limited I'm ver interested in a method to increase the number of loop devices.

And , last question, does the limit also exists on other ROMs for the Zaurus?

regards

Bernd
Title: Number Of Loop Devices Limited?
Post by: DaemonsGR on April 19, 2006, 05:57:59 pm
Yes...only 8 ,you can see it while the kernel is booting
Sorry

Tasos
Title: Number Of Loop Devices Limited?
Post by: BerndS on April 20, 2006, 12:09:55 am
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Yes...only 8 ,you can see it while the kernel is booting
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No way changing the limit without recompiling the kernel?

What about other ROMs for the 3200? Do they also have this limit?

regards

Bernd
Title: Number Of Loop Devices Limited?
Post by: Meanie on April 20, 2006, 12:47:33 am
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Yes...only 8 ,you can see it while the kernel is booting
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No way changing the limit without recompiling the kernel?

What about other ROMs for the 3200? Do they also have this limit?

regards

Bernd
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send an email to tetsu and ask him nicely if he can release a new kernel with the loop limit raised to a higher number. he made one for me when i requested v4l support