Re: Discuss: Future of AX25, NETROM and ROSE in the kernel ?

jj <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:02:12 -0300
Newsgroups gmane.linux.hams
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I have actual RF ports with ax25/netrom/tcpip connectivity to our MARCAN 
packet system on vhf 1200b and I'm willing to do any real-world testing 
if needed..

On 2026-04-18 22:31, Steven R. Loomis wrote:
> I have a dormant project [1] to add Node.js bindings for AX25 to be able to write Node.js apps directly on AX25.
> My AX25 use is also dormant, but I would love to bring it back up someday.
>
> User space makes a lot of sense for the reasons given.
> Since maintenance is a question though, perhaps it’s a question of who would volunteer for making any change (beyond no change)?
>
>> what could the AX25 stack in user space do that Direwolf cannot?
> The AX25 stack would still attach to Direwolf so that connected AX25 apps could run.
>
> [1]: https://github.com/srl295/node-ax25-seqpacket/blob/add-actual-stuff/lib/ax25-seqpacket.js
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> Steven R. Loomis
> K6SPI
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