Post #1804328
2026-04-25 17:40 UTC
The most disappointing part of the AX.25 removal from the Linux kernel is that it more or less happened with zero consultation as far as I can tell - there were amateurs on the linux-hams mailing list, which is an official kernel mailing list, discussing which technical direction to proceed, people were starting to talk about how they could contribute, who else they could talk to, and next thing the list knew, the patch had been accepted and AX.25 was gone.
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@scott@mastodon.clitheroe.ca 2026-04-25 17:41
In fact, there were people actually submitting patches for the AX.25 code, and then the next post in the thread was like "oh, hold up, the patch ahead of you to rip everything out was accepted"
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@corpsedoll@pl.kotobank.ch 2026-04-25 18:01
@scott we've been past the point of no return wrt linux being corporate controlled for a minute now, its deeply unfortunate
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@yo3gnd@mastodon.radio 2026-04-25 18:48
@scott Having quite recently wrote an AX25 minimal stack, and shamelessly using kernel code for my initial tests, the only thing I can say is https://media1.tenor.com/m/LLu6EdwJk3sAAAAC/big-oof-size.gif
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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange 2026-04-25 18:57
@scott who submitted that patch? That person should be cursed with bad WiFi reception for the rest of their life