loop device

[Joey Korkames]

> reasons for that? It seems to me that it would be better if it was
> compiled as a loadable module (since users don't require it all the
> time).

Compiling it in also means that you can't "modprobe loop max_loop=(# of 
devices)" to expand the amount of simultaneous loop mounts you can have.

If you need more than the default 8 loop mounts (Xen/KVM servers), you have to 
define max_loop= on the kernel commandline in your bootloader config and reboot.