OK all that makes sense and is helpful. Perhaps I haven't had enough coffee yet (it's morning here), but was that a "yes" or a "no" to my question?: > .. this [other] kernel 2.x.y for which you are building > the loop.o does NOT need to > be configured with CONFIG_MODULES=y and > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=n? > > That is correct? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/