From: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove DECNET support from kernel
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:20:31 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65fb5e26-2000-ffa5-5a3b-21db87da9e3b@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220731190646.97039-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
On 7/31/22 1:06 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Decnet is an obsolete network protocol that receives more attention
> from kernel janitors than users. It belongs in computer protocol
> history museum not in Linux kernel.
>
> It has been Orphaned in kernel since 2010.
> And the documentation link on Sourceforge says it is abandoned there.
>
> Leave the UAPI alone to keep userspace programs compiling.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-01 8:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-31 19:06 [RFC] Remove DECNET support from kernel Stephen Hemminger
2022-07-31 19:15 ` Pali Rohár
2022-08-01 2:20 ` David Ahern [this message]
2022-08-01 8:37 ` David Laight
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