On 11/16/07, Arend Freije <afreije@xxxxxx> wrote: > Edward Shishkin wrote: > >> On Do, 15.11.07 22:49 "Dushan Tcholich" <dusanc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Can you remember the last kernel that worked? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Dushan > >>> > >> Unfortunately not for sure. I'm not even sure if it ever worked at all, > >> to be honest. There were some old threads from 2003 saying that loop is > >> not supported (yet). Did that ever change? > >> > > > > No, it didn't. > > Sorry.. > > > >> > >>> On Nov 15, 2007 10:44 PM, Thomas Kuther <gimpel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> ... > >>>> * filsystem created with > >>>> $ mkfs.reiser4 > >>>> * mounted with noatime > >>>> * no cryptcompress or anything non-default > >>>> > >>>> $ mount -o loop -t > >>>> iso9660 /tmp/systemrescuecd-x86-0.4.0.iso /mnt/cdrom ioctl: > >>>> LOOP_SET_FD: Invalid argument > >>>> > >>>> > > Hi, > Hello > Sorry for intruding, but I'm a bit surprised about the conformation on > 'loop is not supported (yet)' question. > The example of Thomas shows the mounting of an ISO-9960 file system via > a loop device. All partions on my system are reiser4, and I can execute > 'mount -t iso9960 -o loop' without any problem. Why do you confirm that > loop is still not supported? > I tested it a long time ago and there were stall problems. Since nobody looked at this for a long time, I think, it would be better for this to be disabled.. Thanks, Edward. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
