[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#503044: Should update README.Debian re loop devices as well

[Drake Wilson]

As a quick extra note, /usr/share/doc/xen-utils-4.1/README.Debian from
xen-utils-4.1 version 4.1.2-2 still reads:

| 1. Maximum number of loop devices
|    By default the loop driver supports a maximum of 8 loop devices. Of
|    course since every Xen domain uses at least two (one for the data and one
|    for the swap) this number is absolutely insufficient. You should increase
|    it by adding a file named local-loop in /etc/modprobe.d containing the
|    string "options loop max_loop=128", if the loop driver is compiled as a
|    module, or by appending the string max_loop=128 to your kernel parameters
|    if the driver is in-kernel. Of course you can increase or decrease the
|    number 128 as you see fit.

This is now multiply wrong: firstly, module-init-tools 3.16-1 (I haven't tried
other versions) says that new files placed in /etc/modprobe.d should have a
.conf suffix, and secondly, assuming Anders Kaseorg's message upthread about
max_loop disabling dynamic allocation is correct, this configuration is no
longer directly desirable.  So whoever comes back to look at the loop device
behavior should please make sure to update the README.Debian file also.

   ---> Drake Wilson