From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-deletions] net: remove ax25 and amateur radio (hamradio) subsystem
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:55:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421065507.2c5e3ba7@phoenix.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421021824.1293976-1-kuba@kernel.org>
On Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:18:23 -0700
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> Remove the amateur radio (AX.25, NET/ROM, ROSE) protocol implementation
> and all associated hamradio device drivers from the kernel tree.
> This set of protocols has long been a huge bug/syzbot magnet,
> and since nobody stepped up to help us deal with the influx
> of the AI-generated bug reports we need to move it out of tree
> to protect our sanity.
>
> The code is moved to an out-of-tree repo:
> https://github.com/linux-netdev/mod-orphan
> if it's cleaned up and reworked there we can accept it back.
It would be good if these protocols could be done in userspace
or with BPF?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 2:18 [PATCH net-deletions] net: remove ax25 and amateur radio (hamradio) subsystem Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-21 6:04 ` Greg KH
2026-04-21 13:45 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-21 13:55 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-04-21 16:17 ` Dan Cross
2026-04-21 17:14 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-21 17:47 ` Dan Cross
2026-04-22 1:56 ` Carlos Bilbao
2026-04-22 10:45 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-23 3:06 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-04-23 8:15 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-05-12 14:42 ` f6bvp
2026-05-12 14:45 ` f6bvp
2026-05-12 23:36 ` Jakub Kicinski
[not found] ` <CAFAa3YDcBsCnEJ1t+a3iHhzxW65HX+QNkZWPKHvDYp_V+UwZYQ@mail.gmail.com>
2026-05-16 1:14 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-16 10:48 ` Bernard Pidoux
2026-05-16 10:55 ` Bernard Pidoux
2026-04-23 14:11 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-04-23 14:17 ` Paolo Abeni
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2026-05-16 11:33 Bernard Pidoux F6BVP
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