Messages in this thread | | | From | "mattia" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop | Date | Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:50:45 -0400 |
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What ? :) I use cryptoloop for all my DVD archives and local partitions! When dm-crypt will be stable, well tested and compatible with cryptoloop it could make sense to move to it, otherwise not. Please do not remove cryptoloop from the stable kernel.
> You wrote on linux.kernel: > > dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com wrote: > >> > >> Hopefully someone else will follow up, but I hope I'm somewhat convincing: > > > > Not really ;) > > > > Your points can be simplified to "I don't use cryptoloop, but someone else > > might" and "we shouldn't do this in a stable kernel". > > > > Well, I want to hear from "someone else". If removing cryptoloop will > > irritate five people, well, sorry. If it's 5,000 people, well maybe not. > > I use cryptoloop and I would be really annoyed if it disappeared in > the stable kernel series. Besides, I read in another mail in this thread > that dm-crypt will not work with file-based storage (I'm using > cryptoloop on a file), and that it is new and potentially buggy. > > I'm really surprised that people here argue that dm-crypt doesn't get > enough testing so cryptoloop has to go to force people to test dm-crypt > with their valuable data. This is all upside-down. First dm-crypt has to > be stable, safe and feature-complete, then people can convert their data > to dm-crypt and only then can cryptoloop be deleted. > > Walter > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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