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linux 2.6 driver

There's no loop.c-2.6.original in the 3.2a/3.2b distributions.

I'm using 3.2a and made some mods to the driver.

Looking at linus's git tree, there were substantial changes made to
loop.c since May.

FYI:
diff -u loop-AES-v3.2a/loop.c-2.6.patched
loop-AES-v3.2b/loop.c-2.6.patched  | diffstat
 loop.c-2.6.patched |   89
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

I've modified the loop driver so it can run alongside the standard loop
driver in the kernel (this was when systems had them build in instead of
modulized).   

I had the ability to:
      default to another name besides /dev/loop* (I used loopAES)
      runtime assignment of major numbers (so there's no conflict with
the
standard loop)

This was easier than to recompile/modify all the kernels I was using
(and tell everyone I was supporting they "had to run a new kernel".

marty

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