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Bug 79817

Summary: sys-fs/udev fails to create /dev/loop[0-9]
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: postmodern <brodigan>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Greg Kroah-Hartman (RETIRED) <gregkh>
Status: VERIFIED NEEDINFO    
Severity: major    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: PPC   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description postmodern 2005-01-28 01:30:00 UTC
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
Comment 1 Greg Kroah-Hartman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-01-29 09:10:36 UTC
Works for me here.  Do the /sys/block/loop/ directories show up when you 
modprobe the loop module?
Comment 2 postmodern 2005-01-29 12:20:44 UTC
Ah ok, for some reason sysfs is not being mounted. Once mounted it all worked.