Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop

From: Bill Davidsen
Date: Tue Jul 27 2004 - 14:45:32 EST


Walter Hofmann wrote:
You wrote on linux.kernel:

dpf-lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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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-bill davidsen (davidsen@xxxxxxx)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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