Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753354AbYH1KIm (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:08:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751737AbYH1KIe (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:08:34 -0400 Received: from pasmtpb.tele.dk ([80.160.77.98]:37690 "EHLO pasmtpB.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751530AbYH1KId (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:08:33 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1638 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:08:33 EDT Subject: Re: An idea .... with code From: Kasper Sandberg To: Andi Kleen Cc: jassi brar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080827150221.GV26610@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20080827074751.GO26610@one.firstfloor.org> <35042.98883.qm@web33207.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080827124734.GT26610@one.firstfloor.org> <1219848575.9776.8.camel@localhost> <20080827150221.GV26610@one.firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:41:13 +0200 Message-Id: <1219916473.9776.19.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1610 Lines: 40 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. > > -Andi > -- > 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/ -- 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/