Re: [PATCH net] netrom: do some basic forms of validation on incoming frames

Dan Carpenter
2026-04-10T17:21:16Z

On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 09:38:25AM -0700, David Ranch wrote:
>
> I agree with John VE1JOT that amateur radio protocols such as AX25, NETROM,
> and ROSE are still very active in the Linux kernel. This discussion makes
> me wonder how the Linux kernel community judges how "active" a given feature
> / driver / etc is being used in the real world before considering
> deprecation. If there is an official mechanism to get metrics sent from
> users back to the kernel developer community, please let us know and we'll
> try to get you some one-off or periodic metrics.
>

We've had times where it felt like users weren't testing new kernels.

regards,
dan carpenter