no loop back device in kernel rh7.2

[Robert Key <robkey mighty co za>]

Hi,
  I have compiled the kernel 2.4.13 for rehat 7.2 after having patched
it for the ext3 file system. The compile works fine, all the networking
stuff is in however when the kernel boots I get the error message

  modprobe : module char-major-10-135 not found

and the networking simply does not work. There is no loop back device
(from ifconfig) and the routing table is empty. The ethernet device is
up but with out the loop back device networking does not work.

The char-major-10-135 is obviously and alias for some module. Could
somebody tell me what option to compile or maybe another level of
patching has to take place?

Thanks a ton,
   Rob
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Robert Key Dept of Electrical Engineering
                    Peninsula Technikon
robkey mighty co za