Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: An idea .... with code | From | Kasper Sandberg <> | Date | Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:41:13 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:02 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 04:49:35PM +0200, Kasper Sandberg wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 14:47 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > As far as features are concerned, please suggest me what could be done with /dev/loop0 and not for /dev/vblk? > > > > > > Serious question? cryptoloop, offsets are the big ticket items, > > > i'm sure there are more. > > > > As far as cryptoloop goes, isnt that obsoleted anyway? > > It's like saying: FAT -- isn't that obsolete by now? > As long as there are crypto loop files around it's not obsolete. I disagree, as i recall, i stopped using cryptoloop and went directly to dm-crypt with compatibility for my already existing files?
> > > is there anyone > > that doesent use dm-crypt by now? > > Wrong question. You lose. In the case that i am correct above, it would appear that i did not loose, given that the newer stuff has backwards compatibility (which i am fairly certain it does)
also do not forget that i did say its unlikely that loop be removed due to its heavily "established" status.
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