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From:   David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] net: x25_asy: Delete the x25_asy driver
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Date:   Thu, 5 Nov 2020 09:10:04 +0000
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From: Xie He
> Sent: 05 November 2020 07:35
> 
> This driver transports LAPB (X.25 link layer) frames over TTY links.

I don't remember any requests to run LAPB over anything other
than synchronous links when I was writing LAPB implementation(s)
back in the mid 1980's.

If you need to run 'comms over async uart links' there
are better options.

I wonder what the actual use case was?

	David

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