On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 11:14:14AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 10:56, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > So go for it. Fix it before 2.6.x is out and we're stuck with this crap
> > > > again.
> > >
> > > This will break existing crypto loop installations, making
> > > the existing encrypted image unreadable.
> >
> > I think we should just live with that breakage Andi. You're suggesting
> > that we retain compatibility with something which was never merged into the
> > kernel. That is asking too much.
>
> There was effectively no cryptoloop support in the vanilla
> kernel. Andi is totally right here. We should be compatible
> with what people actually used, which were the external cryptoloop
> patches.
>
> Nobody, and I mean nobody, has a cryptoloop based upon the IV
> selection done in vanilla kernels.
Ha David - you repeat what Clemens was saying and Andi disputed.
Andries
[I watch what is happening with interest - have delayed util-linux 2.12
in the hope of being able to come with something that works out of the
box together with a sufficiently recent kernel. A handful of loop
patches are needed. I hope they will be applied and documented one
by one.]
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