Re: Max number of loop devices OR "efficient search of Debian documentation"
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun 18 May 2014 at 09:40:29 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> If you have loop compiled in to the kernel, as I do below, you can
>> only change the number of loop devices at boot by using
>> "max_loop=<number_of_loop_devices" on the kernel cmdline.
>>
>> # grep BLK_DEV_LOOP /boot/config-3.15-rc5
>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=16
>>
>> But if the above grep returns "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m", you can:
>>
>> # rmmod loop
>> # modprobe loop max_loop=<number_loop_devices_minus_one>
>
> This can be automated to apply during booting by putting 'loop' into
> /etc/modules and 'options loop max_loop=<number_loop_devices_minus_one>'
> into a file in /etc/modprobe.d/. This works (for me) under sysvint and
> systemd.
The OP had said "... it can be reset for the next re-boot under
/etc/modprobe.d . But I want to reset it on the fly. ..."
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