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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/loop.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index cfce7b234c57..cabf25eff926 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
* Al Viro too.
* Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>, Nov 2000
*
+ * Support up to 256 loop devices
+ * Heinz Mauelshagen <mge@sistina.com>, Feb 2002
+ *
* Still To Fix:
* - Advisory locking is ignored here.
* - Should use an own CAP_* category instead of CAP_SYS_ADMIN
@@ -927,7 +930,7 @@ static struct block_device_operations lo_fops = {
* And now the modules code and kernel interface.
*/
MODULE_PARM(max_loop, "i");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices (1-255)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices (1-256)");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
int loop_register_transfer(struct loop_func_table *funcs)
@@ -963,9 +966,9 @@ int __init loop_init(void)
{
int i;
- if ((max_loop < 1) || (max_loop > 255)) {
+ if ((max_loop < 1) || (max_loop > 256)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "loop: invalid max_loop (must be between"
- " 1 and 255), using default (8)\n");
+ " 1 and 256), using default (8)\n");
max_loop = 8;
}