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CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP: Cryptoloop Support (DEPRECATED)

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The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP has multiple definitions:

Cryptoloop Support (DEPRECATED) found in drivers/block/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP:

Help text

Say Y here if you want to be able to use the ciphers that are provided by the CryptoAPI as loop transformation. This might be used as hard disk encryption.

WARNING: This device is not safe for journaled file systems like ext3 or Reiserfs. Please use the Device Mapper crypto module instead, which can be configured to be on-disk compatible with the cryptoloop device. cryptoloop support will be removed in Linux 5.16.

Cryptoloop Support found in drivers/block/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP:

Help text

Say Y here if you want to be able to use the ciphers that are provided by the CryptoAPI as loop transformation. This might be used as hard disk encryption.

WARNING: This device is not safe for journaled file systems like ext3 or Reiserfs. Please use the Device Mapper crypto module instead, which can be configured to be on-disk compatible with the cryptoloop device.

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