loop-aes-modules unusable in Etch for sparc64 due to missing kernel symbols?

[Chris Poon <dev-null@telus.net>]

Hello,

It seems that the kernel package for sparc64 have the loop driver built-in
instead of being a module, which makes loop-aes unusable - can't load either
the loop.ko or the loop-aes.ko, kernel that the module export duplicate
symbol loop_register_transfer (owned by kernel), and trying to mount a
loop-aes swap results in "swapon: LOOP_SET_STATUS failed" as the built-in
loop driver doesn't know what to do with the loop-aes options.

I assume the kernel ABI will change if the loop driver is compiled as a
module instead but to allow loop-aes to work, it's either a module or
not built it at all (which doesn't make sense if you don't use loop-aes
but still uses the loop driver). Again, I ended up with a custom kernel
without the loop driver and that works, so I'm wondering if the stock
kernel package will be rebuilt to support it?

Thanks,

Chris