Re: international crypto patch as non-kernel-patch...

[Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 07:50:48AM +0000, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> > That's not quite right, is it?  2.2 had a compile-time CONFIG_ option to
> > use relative block numbers, which I thought most people used.
> Check your facts.  The standard kernel hasn't.

patch-int-2.2.17.7 has got the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_USE_REL_BLOCK which
passes relative block numbers as the IV, but patch-int-2.4.3.1 is
still completely unable to read blowfish crypto written in 2.2 with this
option enabled.

so it seems, the problem lies elsewhere.

-Dan


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