Bug#247054: Crypto-root patch updated to initrd-tools 0.1.70
"Wesley W. Terpstra" <terpstra@gkec.tu-darmstadt.de> - Tue, Nov 30, 2004:
> The debian patch made swsusp a module which could be loaded after swap was
> setup via whatever means were necessary. To the best of my knowledge, the
> swsusp restart present in the stock kernel can not be delayed like this.
>
> If I am wrong, I would be happy to be so. I used to use swsusp with crypto,
> and when the module got pulled I lost my ability to have quick power on/off.
I frankly don't understand how that worked, but since the debian patch
is gone, I suggest we discard this discussion.
> The devices listed were /dev/mapper/muffin-* which are LVM block devices.
> The 'dmname' parameter just suggests the new encrypted devices' name.
[ This discussion might be a little off-topic, but I suggest we finish
it nevertheless. ]
Still, the fstab is for me a "device <-> mountpoint" table, and dm
allows infinite cascading of dm, independently from any mount point,
that's why I don't understand how you achieve a complete disparition of
crypttab-like files. I do understand how that works with LVM -- I
believe this really ugly though -- but I'm not aware of a similar
capability in dm: can it detect that /dev/hda1 and /deb/hdb1 are both
part of a RAID 1 array, and that this array is a crypted device etc.?
Bye,
--
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
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