> > ->I have been getting this unusual problem since late 1.3.x .. it started
> > ->when i decided to put my floppy driver into a module .. it does not cause
> > ->any problems, but it is a slight annoyance.
> > ->
> > ->ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> > ->ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> > ->Partition check:
> > -> hda:Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2
> > -> hda1 hda2 hda3
> > ->VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
>
> It seemed that people missed my point in this startup messages, why does
> "Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2" appear WITHIN the partition check? it used to
> appear above it, but when i modularized my floppy driver, the two
> intermixed.
This happens to me occasionaly:
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: hda: ST51080A, 1033MB w/128kB Cache,
LBA, CHS=2100/16/63
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: hdc: CS-R36 0, ATAPI CDROM drive
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: Partition check:
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: hda:Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: [PTBL] [525/64/63] hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Nov 3 10:38:30 localhost kernel: Adding Swap: 32252k swap-space
It causes no problems..... If it bugs you so much, just don't look at the
screen when ya boot up ;>
-Rob
>
> > ->one more question, is steganography and DES/IDEA crypt going to be
> > ->incorporated into the kernel in 2.1.x, or are there problems with having
> > ->cryptography in the kernel?
> >
> > I don't think Linus is in favour this this. As IMHO this can be entirely
> > done in user space, and we don't need an big, bloated kernel. But even we
> > do it, what would be use of it? There is already suppport for encrypted
> > volumes, the secure rcp/telnet/ etc are alredy done by ssh stuff, and we
> > are not going to crypt memory ;)
>
> i agree that having the crypto operations in user space would be a good
> idea, i have played with IDEA encryption patches, and there is a noticable
> slowdown when the cryptography is occuring. but, shouldn't hooks be
> present perhaps for encryption to be handled by a process, feeding the
> loop device? perhaps and idea similar to the userfs idea, but for
> devices, a process which could be setup to control the I/O for a device
> such a process could feed a steganographed filesystem or an encrypted
> filesystem to a device, which could then be mounted .. i had this idea
> several months ago, but i did not have the free time to code it,
> unfortunately i still dont have much free time :(
>
> --
> Gerald Britton <gbritton@whitman.gmu.edu>
> Walt Whitman Internet System Administrator
>
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