+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.
+