loop-aes and max_loop

[Andreas Voegele <voegelas@users.sourceforge.net>]

I use the included patch for build-initrd.sh to set the maximum number
of loop devices.  Can you add this patch to the loop-aes distribution?

Or is there a better way to set the maximum number of loop devices?

diff -u -r loop-AES-v1.5c.orig/build-initrd.sh loop-AES-v1.5c/build-initrd.sh
--- loop-AES-v1.5c.orig/build-initrd.sh	Tue Feb  5 15:45:34 2002
+++ loop-AES-v1.5c/build-initrd.sh	Mon Apr  8 07:54:10 2002
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 # temporary loop device index used in this script, 7 == /dev/loop7
 TEMPLOOPINDEX=7
 
+# maximum number of loop devices
+MAXLOOP=8
+
 # 1 = use devfs, 0 = use classic disk-based device names. If this is
 # enabled (USEDEVFS=1) then setting USEPIVOT=1 is also required.
 USEDEVFS=0
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@
     buf[0] = 0;
     strCat(buf, "/lib/insmod -o loop /lib/loop-");
     strCat(buf, &un.release[0]);
-    strCat(buf, ".o");
+    strCat(buf, ".o max_loop=${MAXLOOP}");
     if(exeWait(buf)) goto fail3;
 #endif
 
The manual page for pivot_root (from Feb 23, 2000) says:

   pivot_root may or may not affect its cwd. It is therefore
   recommended to call chdir("/") immediately after pivot_root.

diff -u -7 -r loop-AES-v1.5c.orig/build-initrd.sh loop-AES-v1.5c/build-initrd.sh
--- loop-AES-v1.5c.orig/build-initrd.sh	Tue Feb  5 15:45:34 2002
+++ loop-AES-v1.5c/build-initrd.sh	Mon Apr  8 08:12:22 2002
@@ -248,14 +248,15 @@
     if(pivot_root(".", "initrd")) {
         wrStr("pivot_root() to new root failed. Older kernels don't have pivot_root()\n");
         fail1:
         chdir("/");
         umount("/new-root");
         goto fail4;
     }
+    chdir("/");
 
 #if ${USEDEVFS}
     if(mount("none", "dev", "devfs", MS_MGC_VAL, 0)) {
         wrStr("Mounting /dev failed\n");
         goto fail1;
     }
 #endif
-
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