Re: [Gc-linux-devel] /dev/mapper and Mapper Kernel Driver is Missing in Whiite Mike 5 bootmii

[Albert H. <alb...@ya...>]

Rashid Kratou <r.kratou <at> tu-bs.de> writes:
> 
> Hi guys,
> 

Hi,

> Its looking quite good with the Wii Linux Crypto Filesverver with  
> Whiite Mike 5 Bootmii (on a patched boot2 3.4E Wii). Just the crypto  
> (luks) is causing trouble. I can't crypt with luksformat -t ext  
> /dev/sda1 because he told me that the kernel won't support  
> aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 . Error: Failed to setup dm-crypt mapping.
[...]
> Looks like that Whiite hasn't the dev mapper and /dev/mapper/controll  
> in. Is there a whiite version or a possibilty (maybe with modprobe) to  
> get it in there? Or must I switch to something other like gentoo?
> 

The mike* kernel builds do not include device-mapper / crypto support compiled-
in, as that's not a feature commonly demanded.
But you can easily build your own kernel binary with support for those features, 
or whatever you need.

Please, have a look at the http://www.gc-
linux.org/wiki/Building_a_GameCube_Linux_Kernel wiki article.

If you have problems with that guide please come to #gc-linux @ OFTC.

> Btw. free -- says there 64 MB Ram and a Buffer of 64 MB (and no swap  
> space). Does the buffer realy exist or is it just an additional  
> Information that there are 64 MB ram?
> 

The buffers/cache shows the amount of memory used for caching disk blocks.
The total amount of ram reflects the available memory for the system (which is a 
bit less than the theoretical total because the framebuffer and other i/o buffer 
areas are already excluded).

> The data access via ssh works quite good btw. Thank you for your hard  
> work creating gc linux and for the hard work to hack the wii (TP  
> Exploit 4tw ;)).
> 

Thanks,
Albert