Re: [PATCH net-deletions] net: remove ax25 and amateur radio (hamradio) subsystem

Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-21T13:55:12Z

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?