Re: Loop device

Chris Evans (chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:15:07 +0000 (GMT)


On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Evan Jeffrey wrote:

> What are the chances of Andrew Milesk's enhanced and modularized loop driver
> making it into 2.2. If he thinks it is ready for prime time, I think it
> should go in. IMO, it is a big improvement in elegance and functionality
> over the current version.

Seconded, we may be on a feature freeze, but it's an "update" not a "new
feature".

My main interest is in updating the loop driver so I only have to apply
_one_ simple patch to get the CAST-128 crypto functionality. It's great
not living in the US ;-) Can't wait to try crypto loop + the new network
block device..

Chris