Re: Ubuntu Jaunty has CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y, prevents loading loop-aes

Daniel Harvey wrote:
> Hi Jari, Max and all,
>
> Ubuntu Jaunty has CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y, which prevents you from loading
> the loop-aes modules if you build them externally, so in order to use
> them you must build your own kernel as well.
>
> At the present, I'm compiling my own kernel which is painful for only
> this (albeit important!) reason.
>
> References:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/372781
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/loop-aes-source/+bug/342902
>
> A previous post has discussed the use of /dev/xloop[0-7]:
> http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/2009-05/msg00010.html
>
> Can anyone comment on the way forward? I personally cannot see why the
> loop should not stay as a module (status quo) but that seems to have
> been knocked back in some quarters (see comments re: "kernel feature" on
> bug
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/loop-aes-source/+bug/342902/comments/10 ). Is there any revised comment as to getting loop-aes into the kernel mainline?
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
>   
Just out of curiosity....
Why is it that these kind of messages/questions exist and thus distract 
from all else of potential relevance?... One's under the (false??) 
impression that this board is for issues regarding loop-AES, one of the 
best thought-out, professionally implemented, practical addition in 
"`nix-land`, period. - And Yes, it  works perfectly fine with the (any) 
kernel.
When one encounters "problems" with garbage distros, hacked together by 
charlatans - U___u, F___a, etc; fill in the blanks - perhaps one's 
inquiries would be better served by the same charlatans whose stillborn 
ideas put the meaning of *inapt* into a whole new perspective. - No?!
To also reflect on the question "the way forward"... is not to use junk 
and expect it to run, float or fly.
Now, who wants pie?....
Cheers,
p.s. Jari should know *incompetent* when he sees it, as he is anything but.

-
Linux-crypto:  cryptography in and on the Linux system
Archive:       http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/