Re: [RFC net-next] pppoe: remove session socket receive support

Qingfang Deng <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026/8/10 6:59, Pali Rohár wrote:
> I see. Maybe you could ask developers of the first version of driver if
> they remember something. But probably nobody would remember old things.

I wish I could, but the maintainer of PPPoX has gone AWOL for quite a 
long time.. (commit 2fd68c7ea2ae)

> Clearing the queue after the transition happens sounds like a good idea.
> If I understand correctly, it does not make sense to get packets into
> userspace once the socket is bound to PPP layer.
>
> I have feeling that kernel PPP layer and its API do fully fit into the
> API for network devices and netlink layer for userspace.
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