Re: Proposed removal of kernel AX.25 support

From	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Re: Proposed removal of kernel AX.25 support
Date	2019-07-28 22:00 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 07:17:23PM +0100, Iain Learmonth wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 26/07/2019 19:10, Iain Learmonth wrote:
> > I am a maintainer for the libax25 and ax25-apps packages, and these
> > packages are not in great shape. These are userspace packages that
> > compliment the AX.25 networking support in the Linux kernel. I would
> > like to propose that we do not ship these packages, or otherwise use the
> > kernel AX.25 support, in the next Debian release.
> 
> Just wanted to draw your attention to this thread on
> debian-hams@lists.debian.org.
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/330b13ec-b5b5-e27b-d694-6053c7421189@debian.org
> 
> The next logical step would be to disable it in the kernel if we remove
> all userspace support.

my 2 cents: having AX.25 support enabled in the kernel isn't a burden,
so I'd keep that enabled helping those who then compile libax25 and
ax25-apps themselves and so get a working setup without the need to
recompile their kernel.

Best regards
Uwe

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Re: Proposed removal of kernel AX.25 support Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> - 2019-07-28 22:00 +0200
  Re: Proposed removal of kernel AX.25 support Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-07-31 02:00 +0200

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