1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 717d6e4e18d3..6f07ec1c2f58 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -256,6 +256,21 @@ config BLK_DEV_LOOP
 
           Most users will answer N here.
 
+config BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT
+        int "Number of loop devices to pre-create at init time"
+        depends on BLK_DEV_LOOP
+        default 8
+        help
+          Static number of loop devices to be unconditionally pre-created
+          at init time.
+
+          This default value can be overwritten on the kernel command
+          line or with module-parameter loop.max_loop.
+
+          The historic default is 8. If a late 2011 version of losetup(8)
+          is used, it can be set to 0, since needed loop devices can be
+          dynamically allocated with the /dev/loop-control interface.
+
 config BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP
         tristate "Cryptoloop Support"
         select CRYPTO
@@ -471,7 +486,7 @@ config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
           in another domain which drives the actual block device.
 
 config XEN_BLKDEV_BACKEND
-        tristate "Block-device backend driver"
+        tristate "Xen block-device backend driver"
         depends on XEN_BACKEND
         help
           The block-device backend driver allows the kernel to export its