[PATCH] status update of loop

[Fruhwirth Clemens]

As stated in 

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=106275365925769&w=2

loop.c is broken. Apparently nobody is interested in fixing the problem (0
replies) and Linux is still to immature to have a central bugtracking
database (one which is regularly checked by developers), here is the
appropriate patch:

--- linux-2.6.0-test5/drivers/block/Kconfig~    Sun Jul 27 18:58:50 2003
+++ linux-2.6.0-test5/drivers/block/Kconfig     Tue Sep 16 00:23:54 2003
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@
          for the device number
  
 config BLK_DEV_LOOP
-       tristate "Loopback device support"
+       tristate "Loopback device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+       depends on EXPERIMENTAL
        ---help---
          Saying Y here will allow you to use a regular file as a block
          device; you can then create a file system on that block device and
-
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