Re: loop-aes does not work with sector sizes != 512 byte

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Jari Ruusu wrote:

> OK, I found the bug. Loop driver says "I have 512 byte sectors" regardless
> of what hard sector size of underlying device is. Don't blame me for this
> bug, it is a genuine loop bug.

Yes, it's in the current kernels loop device as well... 

> Now it should work with larger than 512 byte sector media, but I haven't
> tested it with 2048 byte sector media simply because I don't have any such
> devices. Does this work for you?

Yes, works great! Thanks a lot for fixing that bug!

BTW: Maybe this is the right time to propose loop-AES to become
part of the "official" mainstream kernel?

Regards,

Peter Niemayer
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