Thomas Müller wrote: > --- Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx> - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
