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Re: Problems with crypto-patches in kernel 2.4.21??



Thomas Mller wrote:
> --- Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> > File backed loops may deadlock. [...]
> Maybe that would be worth mentioning in the howtos and
> the readme files.

Not all filesystems deadlock. It depends on implementation. A small change
can turn working file system into deadlocking one, and vice versa.

loop-AES' README file has this lame comment: "If you can choose between
device backed and file backed, choose device backed even if it means that
you have to re-partition your disks."

> > File backed loops work OK when they are used in
> > read-only mode.
> Only problem with that is, you never get any data in
> them that way. ;)

man mkisofs
man aespipe

Regards,
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>

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