netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20260109181205.GQ345651@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 18:12:05 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner
 HIPPI driver

On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 11:26:23PM -0800, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> HIPPI has not been relevant for over two decades. It was rapidly
> eclipsed by Fibre Channel, and even when it was new, it was
> confined to very high-end hardware. The HIPPI code has only
> received tree-wide changes and fixes by inspection in the entire
> Git history. Remove HIPPI support and the rrunner HIPPI driver,
> and move the former maintainer to the CREDITS file. Keep the
> include/uapi/linux/if_hippi.h header because it is used by the TUN
> code, and to avoid breaking userspace, however unlikely that may be.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>

I like the idea of removing unused code, so +1 from my side.

But, as noted for another of your recent patches,
please use ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl this.patch to
fill out the CC list.

...