Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: dm-crypt using kthread | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Mon, 16 Feb 2004 04:58:48 +0100 |
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Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de> writes:
> Am Mo, den 16.02.2004 schrieb Grzegorz Kulewski um 03:07: > >> > Is there more documentation that this? I'd imagine a lot of crypto-loop >> > users wouldn't have a clue how to get started on dm-crypt, especially if >> > they have not used device mapper before. >> > >> > And how do they migrate existing encrypted filesytems? >> >> And is the format considered "stable"? >> (= if I will create fs on it, will I have problems with future kernels?) > > Yes. The cryptoloop compatible format will stay this way. The format > (basically the cipher used and the iv generation mode) can be specified.
"Can be specified" = not stable, and likely means you cannot use old file systems.
-Andi
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