Re: [PATCH] losetup: handle symlinks in /dev/loop/

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On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 22:57, Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The loop_scandir() expects all the files in /dev/loop/ to be actual
> devices and not symlinks to devices.  However, udev by default sets up
> symlinks in /dev/loop/ thereby breaking the fallback scan logic when
> looking for devices more than the default number of 8.

Just a note, udev does not do that by default. It is devfs-nonsense,
which the "default" never did.

And I think you should also get rid of it, if Gentoo still adds that
on top of the udev rules.

But sure, there is nothing to complain about making links work, like
your patch does. :)

Cheers,
Kay
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