Re: [PATCH net-deletions] net: remove unused ATM protocols and legacy ATM device drivers

Hi Herbert,

On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 at 13:51, Herbert Xu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 10:26:18AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > I suspect they don't have a huge amount of interest in the Solos any
> > more, or the Geode-based SBC they sold with two of them on-board. But
> > OpenWrt does still support them, and I even have one here (although no
> > ADSL line to test it with). They were briefly popular as fully Linux-
> > supported ADSL routers.
>
> ADSL is history, it only ever made sense in rich countries where
> physical copper cables were pre-installed in homes.  While rich
> countries have moved to fibre, the rest of the world won't use
> ADSL either because there is no copper cable to begin with.  So
> it's actually cheaper to just lay a fibre cable for a new install.

I am afraid the move to fibre hasn't been completed yet.
ADSL (VDSL2?) is still being used.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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