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Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove DECNET support from kernel
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To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
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From:   David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
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On 7/31/22 1:06 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Decnet is an obsolete network protocol that receives more attention
> from kernel janitors than users. It belongs in computer protocol
> history museum not in Linux kernel.
> 
> It has been Orphaned in kernel since 2010.
> And the documentation link on Sourceforge says it is abandoned there.
> 
> Leave the UAPI alone to keep userspace programs compiling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>