Re: 2.6.3-mm1

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Feb 18 2004 - 15:52:41 EST


Brandon Low <lostlogic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> but if people are depending on that support to stay
> in a stable kernel and are developing based on it and don't have the
> time to learn dm or dmcrypto and redesign whatever may need redesigning
> to use it, it strikes me as rude to pull that support.

This is actually an argument for removing cryptolooop. People are
developing against a crypto infrastructure which has well-known weaknesses.

Pulling it out is an excellent way of communicating this fact. Right now,
we're just deluding people.

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