udev fails to create /dev/loop[0-9] after modprobe loop or even if loop is builtin to the kernel. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. modprobe loop 2. ls /dev/loop* 3. Actual Results: nothing Expected Results: loops showing up Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-ppc-2004.3, gcc-3.4.1, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 ppc 750FX Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.3 [2.3.3 (#1, Sep 26 2004, 21:55:55)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.3 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r4 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.90.0.3-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r5 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=750 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=750 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa berkdb crypt dvd esd f77 flac fortran gdbm gif gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg mozilla mp3 network nls oggvorbis opengl pam perl png ppc python readline speex spell ssl theora truetype unicode" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Works for me here. Do the /sys/block/loop/ directories show up when you modprobe the loop module?
Ah ok, for some reason sysfs is not being mounted. Once mounted it all worked.