[CentOS] options netloop nloopbacks=<n> ignored

Tue Apr 21 15:29:18 UTC 2009
henry ritzlmayr <centos at rc0.at>

Hi list, 

since release 5.3 all kernels ignore 

options netloop nloopbacks=<n> 

within /etc/modprobe.conf

If <n> is smaller than four there are always four
vifs created. 
If <n> is bigger than four the appropriate number
of vifs are created. 

Is this expected/new/feature/bug?

Henry