From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262771AbTFTKt7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:49:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262818AbTFTKt6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:49:58 -0400 Received: from wohnheim.fh-wedel.de ([195.37.86.122]:50119 "EHLO wohnheim.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262771AbTFTKt6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:49:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:03:57 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Fruhwirth Clemens Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Initial Vector Fix for loop.c. Message-ID: <20030620110357.GC28711@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <20030620090612.GA1322@ghanima.endorphin.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <20030620101452.GA2233@ghanima.endorphin.org> <20030620102455.GC26678@wotan.suse.de> <20030620103538.GA28711@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20030620105120.GA2450@ghanima.endorphin.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20030620105120.GA2450@ghanima.endorphin.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 20 June 2003 12:51:20 +0200, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > > Let's see. If there is flag based fix and we make the old behavior default > we will trick many new users into using the old broken IV metric. If we make > the new metric default the user can't mount his old images. Unless he starts thinking and reads up how it works in 2.6. > As there is no autodetection for default behavior, there will be no way to > avoid the pain. Well, almost. We could allocate a new major for a different > metric, and create /dev/loop-ng*. That'd be feasible, but actually just a > pain transfer .. from the user to the developer :) I don't see a problem with that, assuming there are more users than developers. :) Jörn -- Do not stop an army on its way home. -- Sun Tzu