Hi,
I have a number of (older) systems that are still based on 32 bit
userspace but are running a relatively modern 64 bit kernel -
5.4-stable, where BTW - LOOP_CONFIGURE is not yet available.
I noticed that starting with util-linux-2.37 it is no longer possible to
mount images using loop:
# mount /usr/install/iso/systemrescue-8.04-amd64.iso /mnt/cdrom
mount: /mnt/cdrom: failed to setup loop device for
/usr/install/iso/systemrescue-8.04-amd64.iso.
Reverting d5fd456c88aba4fcf77d35fe38024a8d5c814686 fixes the problem:
/tmp/util-linux-2.37# ./mount
/usr/install/iso/systemrescue-8.04-amd64.iso /mnt/cdrom
mount: /mnt/cdrom: WARNING: source write-protected, mounted read-only.
I have not tested if 32 bit kernel + 32 bit userspace is also affected,
but 64 bit kernel + 64 bit userspace works.
Thanks,
Krzysztof
