Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:33:25 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: Congrats Marcelo, |
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On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:30:01AM +0000, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > Marcelo writes: > > > I think its not possible to distribute crypto stuff in the stock kernel. > > Am I wrong? > > Some years ago I submitted a patch to include the loop device > in the default kernel, and that generated a lot of mail explaining > why this would lead to terrible problems. But Linus took the patch > and I have not heard of political problems. > > Nobody knows for sure, and the rules are unclear, but for the time > being maybe it suffices to judge submissions on technical merit, > without worrying too much about politics. >
Linus may have taken the loop device, but he doesn't have any encryption in there AFAIK... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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