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[2001:8b0:ffda:0:2059:8730:b2:c370]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p22-20020a05600c359600b003a31ca9dfb6sm6356606wmq.32.2022.08.05.02.26.53 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 05 Aug 2022 02:26:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <191529a93b7ef7afba1ae72a9519652f38b5d99e.camel@redhat.com> Subject: Re: DECnet - end of a era! From: Steven Whitehouse To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Christine caulfield Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:26:52 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20220804075434.2379609a@hermes.local> References: <9351fc12c5acc7985fc2ab780fe857a47b7d9610.camel@redhat.com> <20220804075434.2379609a@hermes.local> Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.4 (3.34.4-1.fc31) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Thu, 2022-08-04 at 07:54 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Of course many others have contributed over the years, and we had a > > lot > > of support from the Linux network developers too. Many thanks to > > all > > who've helped along the way, we very much appreciate all the > > assistance > > that we've had. Alan Cox provided initial encouragement, with Davem > > and > > Alexey Kuznetsov later on, and with contributions from many > > quarters > > which were very gratefully received. > > > > Farewell to the Linux DECnet stack :-) > > So long and thanks for all the bits. > > > Thanks, I was kind of hoping somebody was still using it and would > jump in and volunteer to maintain it. > Well we've been hoping that for years now, and eventually somebody has to call time on it if that doesn't happen. It is a pity to see it go in some ways, but I think it is probably the right thing in lieu of anyone willing to take it on and maintain it, Steve.