Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/net/wan/lapbether: Use needed_headroom instead of hard_header_len

From: Willem de Bruijn
Date: Tue Aug 04 2020 - 03:06:31 EST


> I don't like the idea to get rid of the 1-byte header.
> This header is also used in userspace, for example when using a tun/tap
> interface for an XoT (X.25 over TCP) application. A change would
> therefore have very far-reaching consequences.

That's no longer the plan of record.

> BTW: The linux x25 mailing list does not seem to work anymore. I've been
> on it for some time now, but haven't received a single email from it.
> I've tried to contact owner-linux-x25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, but only got an
> "undeliverable" email back.

That is odd. It is a vger hosted list.

I'm not subscribed, but indeed the spinics archive ends in 2009 and
the other archive link resolves to something that is definitely not
X.25 related.

http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-x25

> It would be great if you could add me to CC list of all versions of your
> patches, so I don't need to "google" for any further related mails.
>
> So, what's the latest version of the patch now, which you want me to
> review?

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/patch/20200802195046.402539-1-xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx/