On 4/14/20 5:22 PM, Alan Somers wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 6:15 PM John Baldwin <j...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> Author: jhb
>> Date: Wed Apr 15 00:14:50 2020
>> New Revision: 359945
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/359945
>>
>> Log:
>>   Remove support for geli(4) algorithms deprecated in r348206.
>>
>>   This removes support for reading and writing volumes using the
>>   following algorithms:
>>
>>   - Triple DES
>>   - Blowfish
>>   - MD5 HMAC integrity
>>
>>   In addition, this commit adds an explicit whitelist of supported
>>   algorithms to give a better error message when an invalid or
>>   unsupported algorithm is used by an existing volume.
>>
>>   Reviewed by:  cem
>>   Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
>>   Differential Revision:        https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24343
>>
> 
> Why remove read-only support?  That will make it much harder to convert old
> volumes.

The goal is to remove the actual crypto code (and drivers that only
implement old algorithms).  Read-only support means you still have to
support the algorithm.  12.x already refuses to create new volumes
with these algorithms but permits access to existing ones.

-- 
John Baldwin
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