From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267678AbUGWMfG (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:35:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267679AbUGWMfG (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:35:06 -0400 Received: from webbox24.server-home.net ([195.137.212.20]:63968 "EHLO webbox24.server-home.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267678AbUGWMfA (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:35:00 -0400 To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Walter Hofmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop In-Reply-To: <2kECW-3a0-7@gated-at.bofh.it> References: <2kvT4-5AY-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <2kC85-1AH-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <2kDxa-2sB-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <2kECW-3a0-7@gated-at.bofh.it> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:34:58 +0200 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org You wrote on linux.kernel: > dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com 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. Walter