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

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:20:05 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI
 driver

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:24:04 -0800 you 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.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI driver
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d8f87aa5fa0a

You are awesome, thank you!
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