Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop

Bill Davidsen
2004-07-27T19:44:29Z

Walter Hofmann wrote:
> 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.

Not to mention working with mount... That would be good if we didn't
have to train people, change scripts, etc.

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