[NTLUG:Discuss] 2.4.14 Loopback Issue

[Aaron Goldblatt]

There's a problem with the 2.4.14 kernel, released today.  Someone has 
already asked about it on the kernelnewbies list, and I've been able to 
reproduce it here.

If you select Block Devices -> Loopback, the kernel will fail to compile near 
the very end of the run.  Apparently the loop driver calls a memory 
deallocation function that has been removed from elsewhere in the kernel, and 
that nothing else used.

The solution, of course, is to turn off block loopback support.

The only situation I can think of where you'd use this support is if you 
wanted to mount ISO files into your filesystem (which I do on occasion).

Anyway, if you need this feature, 2.4.14 is not for you.

ag