2004-01-07 18:12:28

by Jari Ruusu

Subject: Re: loop device changes the block size and causes misaligned accessesto the real device, which can't be processed

Ruben Garcia wrote:
> The loop device advertises a block size of 1024 even when configured
> over a cdrom.

This bug and many other loop bugs are fixed in loop-AES package.

http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES/loop-AES-v2.0d.tar.bz2

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Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD

2004-01-12 04:10:34

by Bill Davidsen

Subject: Re: loop device changes the block size and causes misaligned accessesto the real device, which can't be processed

Jari Ruusu wrote:
> Ruben Garcia wrote:
>
>>The loop device advertises a block size of 1024 even when configured
>>over a cdrom.
>
>
> This bug and many other loop bugs are fixed in loop-AES package.
>
> http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES/loop-AES-v2.0d.tar.bz2

This would be really useful in the mainline kernel...

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Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979