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diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index ab3e37aa1830..f7f32eeaee63 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -180,14 +180,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_LOOP bits of, say, a sound file). This is also safe if the file resides on a remote file server. - There are several ways of encrypting disks. Some of these require - kernel patches. The vanilla kernel offers the cryptoloop option - and a Device Mapper target (which is superior, as it supports all - file systems). If you want to use the cryptoloop, say Y to both - LOOP and CRYPTOLOOP, and make sure you have a recent (version 2.12 - or later) version of util-linux. Additionally, be aware that - the cryptoloop is not safe for storing journaled filesystems. - Note that this loop device has nothing to do with the loopback device used for network connections from the machine to itself. @@ -211,21 +203,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT is used, it can be set to 0, since needed loop devices can be dynamically allocated with the /dev/loop-control interface. -config BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP - tristate "Cryptoloop Support (DEPRECATED)" - select CRYPTO - select CRYPTO_CBC - depends on BLK_DEV_LOOP - help - 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. - source "drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig" config BLK_DEV_NBD |