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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt index 524de92..59293ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> <offset> <cipher> Encryption cipher and an optional IV generation mode. - (In format cipher-chainmode-ivopts:ivmode). + (In format cipher[:keycount]-chainmode-ivopts:ivmode). Examples: des aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> <offset> Key used for encryption. It is encoded as a hexadecimal number. You can only use key sizes that are valid for the selected cipher. +<keycount> + Multi-key compatibility mode. You can define <keycount> keys and + then sectors are encrypted according to their offsets (sector 0 uses key0; + sector 1 uses key1 etc.). <keycount> must be a power of two. + <iv_offset> The IV offset is a sector count that is added to the sector number before creating the IV. |
