Post #1890228
2026-04-25 16:05 UTC
@kernellogger haven't checked, but can any of those thinks be used as part of the lib-target? That might be an okayish solution to keep networking code usable without needing to keep it in the Kernel.
I am clearly pro cleanup.
Things that nobody frequently tests and that are defacto unmaintained create a false sense of security and are better removed from the Kernel.
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@kernellogger@hachyderm.io 2026-04-25 17:24
@mxk you mean via https://github.com/lkl? No idea, but I doubt it. And I disagree with you last statement: unmaintained code is not that bad, as long as it's not a maintenance burden or a obvious security risk, especially in for people that don't even use it. Which I think it was round about fine that that stuff was kept around until now. Of course where to draw the line is not easy and often needs to be decided on a case by case basis [which is why debating this further here might not be worth it, as that is hard in writing without concrete cases]