util-linux and mount w/ linux 2.4.23 crypto

From: David Butts (david.butts_at_storability.com)
Date: 11/30/03

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    Hello, folks-

    I recently upgraded to a 2.4.23 kernel on an otherwise vanilla sarge
    install (sparc64, though I suspect this to be general to all of the
    supported archs), and discovered that the default mount package
    (2.12-3) doesn't seem to handle the new CryptoAPI interface.

    Although the usage claims to support the new /proc/crypto interface,
    the source code for lomount.c refers only to the older, nested tree
    under /proc/crypto/ciphers.

    Based on the (fairly acrimonious) discussion that took place on the
    cryptoapi-devel list in february[1], there seems to be a fair amount
    of controversy surrounding how best to handle the new api, as well
    as significant differences between distros.

    Given that ftp.kernel.org only has util-linux 2.12pre sources, I'm
    not expecting there to be any official word, but I was hoping that
    there were some opinions on which of the various patches out there
    are most appropriate for a sarge/2.4.23 combination:

      Ben Slusky's:
        http://www.spinics.net/lists/crypto/msg02271.html
        http://www.stwing.org/~sluskyb/util-linux/

      Fruhwirth Clemens':
        http://www.kerneli.org/pipermail/cryptoapi-devel/2003-February/000451.html
        http://clemens.endorphin.org/patches/

      Jari Ruusu's:
        http://www.kerneli.org/pipermail/cryptoapi-devel/2003-February/000464.html

    Thanks,
    David

    [1] http://www.kerneli.org/pipermail/cryptoapi-devel/2003-February/000451.html 

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