Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop

Andreas Henriksson
2004-07-24T15:50:13Z

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:52:45 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

>
> I think I'd rather add a patch which does printk("cryptoloop will be
> removed from Linux on June 30, 2005. Please migrate to dm-crypt")

If "helping users" understand that cryptoloop is a band alternative is the
main reason I think removing it is a bad idea.
If EXPERIMENTAL isn't discuraging enough why not use BROKEN? That way they
will for sure know that something is wrong but can still upgrade their
kernel without fearing to not get their data back because they can't get
this "new thing" (dm-crypt) running.

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Regards,
Andreas Henriksson
andreas at fjortis.info