networking [general] · Maintained

Maintainers

• M "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
• M Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• M Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• M Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
• R Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/core-api/netlink.rst
• F Documentation/netlink/
• F Documentation/networking/
• F Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/
• F Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
• F Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/
• F include/linux/ethtool.h
• F include/linux/framer/framer-provider.h
• F include/linux/framer/framer.h
• F include/linux/in.h
• F include/linux/in6.h
• F include/linux/indirect_call_wrapper.h
• F include/linux/inet.h
• F include/linux/inet_diag.h
• F include/linux/net.h
• F include/linux/netdev*
• F include/linux/netlink.h
• F include/linux/netpoll.h
• F include/linux/rtnetlink.h
• F include/linux/sctp.h
• F include/linux/seq_file_net.h
• F include/linux/skbuff*
• F include/net/
• F include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
• F include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/hsr_netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/in.h
• F include/uapi/linux/inet_diag.h
• F include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/net.h
• F include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netconf.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netdev*
• F include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h
• F include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/sctp.h
• F lib/net_utils.c
• F lib/random32.c
• F net/
• F samples/pktgen/
• F tools/net/
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/
• X Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst
• X Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
• X Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/
• X Documentation/networking/regulatory.rst
• X include/net/bluetooth/
• X include/net/cfg80211.h
• X include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h
• X include/net/iw_handler.h
• X include/net/mac80211.h
• X include/net/wext.h
• X net/9p/
• X net/batman-adv/
• X net/bluetooth/
• X net/can/
• X net/ceph/
• X net/mac80211/
• X net/rfkill/
• X net/wireless/
• X tools/testing/selftests/net/can/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v7 00/15] Support for onsemi's S2500 10Base-T1S MAC-PHY
  2026-07-08 17:12 · 1 reply in 7d · Selvamani Rajagopal via B4 Relay <devnull+Selvamani.Rajagopal.onsemi.com@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v9 0/9] net: dsa: add DSA support for the LAN9645x switch chip family
  2026-07-08 09:18 · 1 reply in 7d · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v5 00/13] net: Add ADIN1140 support
  2026-07-07 22:34 · 1 reply in 7d · Ciprian Regus via B4 Relay <devnull+ciprian.regus.analog.com@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net-next v7 0/5] net: dsa: microchip: Add support for KSZ8995XA/KS8995XA
  2026-07-04 19:39 · 1 reply in 7d · Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next v6 0/4] net: dsa: mt7628 embedded switch initial support
  2026-07-04 10:58 · 1 reply in 7d · Joris Vaisvila <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v8 0/9] Support for block device NVMEM providers
  2026-07-03 13:45 · 1 reply in 7d · Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-03
• Steen Hegelund <Steen.Hegelund@microchip.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-08
• Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-13

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-devicetree (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v7 02/15] Documentation: networking: Add timestamp related APIs to OA TC6 framework
  2026-07-08 · Selvamani Rajagopal via B4 Relay <devnull+Selvamani.Rajagopal.onsemi.com@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v9 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-07-08 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v5 03/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: add OA_TC6_BROKEN_PHY quirk flag
  2026-07-07 · Ciprian Regus via B4 Relay <devnull+ciprian.regus.analog.com@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net-next v7 3/5] net: dsa: tag_ks8995: Add the KS8995 tag handling
  2026-07-04 · Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next v6 3/4] net: dsa: initial MT7628 tagging driver
  2026-07-04 · Joris Vaisvila <hidden>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v8 6/9] net: of_net: Add of_get_nvmem_eui48() helper for EUI-48 lookup
  2026-07-03 · Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v8 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-07-02 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v7 6/9] net: of_net: Add of_get_nvmem_eui48() helper for EUI-48 lookup
  2026-07-01 · Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
• COOLING7d [PATCH net-next v6 15/15] Documentation: networking: Add timestamp related APIs to OA TC6 framework
  2026-06-29 · Selvamani Rajagopal <hidden>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 6/9] net: of_net: Add of_get_nvmem_eui48() helper for EUI-48 lookup
  2026-06-29 · Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
• COOLING11d [RFC PATCH net-next v8 06/12] net: Document PCS subsystem
  2026-06-18 · Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
• COLD23d [PATCH net-next v7 06/12] net: Document PCS subsystem
  2026-06-15 · Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net-next v5 15/15] Documentation: networking: Add timestamp related APIs to OA TC6 framework
  2026-06-14 · Selvamani Rajagopal via B4 Relay <devnull+Selvamani.Rajagopal.onsemi.com@kernel.org>
• COLD25d [RFC PATCH net-next 1/7] xfrm: allow packet offload drivers to own transmit
  2026-06-14 · Jihong Min <hidden>
• COLD24d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH net-next v5 3/4] net: dsa: initial MT7628 tagging driver
  2026-06-13 · Joris Vaisvila <hidden>
• COLD24d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 6/9] net: of_net: Add of_get_nvmem_eui48() helper for EUI-48 lookup
  2026-06-12 · Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
• COLD26d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] dt-bindings: net: dsa: Convert lan9303.txt to yaml format
  2026-06-10 · <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH net-next v4 03/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: add OA_TC6_BROKEN_PHY quirk flag
  2026-06-09 · Ciprian Regus <hidden>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next v6 06/12] net: Document PCS subsystem
  2026-06-09 · Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 5/8] net: of_net: Add of_get_nvmem_eui48() helper for EUI-48 lookup
  2026-06-09 · Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH net-next v4 3/4] net: dsa: initial MT7628 tagging driver
  2026-06-08 · Joris Vaisvila <hidden>
• COLD31d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 5/7] net: of_net: Add of_get_nvmem_eui48() helper for EUI-48 lookup
  2026-06-08 · Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
• COLD26d [PATCH net-next v6 3/5] net: dsa: tag_ks8995: Add the KS8995 tag handling
  2026-06-07 · Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH net-next v4 16/16] Documentation: networking: Add timestamp related APIs to OA TC6 framework
  2026-06-06 · Selvamani Rajagopal <hidden>
• COLD31d [PATCH net-next v3 03/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: add OA_TC6_BROKEN_PHY quirk flag
  2026-06-04 · Ciprian Regus via B4 Relay <devnull+ciprian.regus.analog.com@kernel.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH net-next v5 3/5] net: dsa: tag_ks8995: Add the KS8995 tag handling
  2026-06-04 · Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
• COLD31d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2 1/1] dt-bindings: net: dsa: Convert lan9303.txt to yaml format
  2026-06-03 · <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v2 3/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: remove obsolete dsa.txt
  2026-06-03 · Akash Sukhavasi <hidden>
• COLD31d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v7 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-06-03 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden>
• COLD36d [PATCH net-next v4 3/5] net: dsa: tag_ks8995: Add the KS8995 tag handling
  2026-06-02 · Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE177d REVIEWED: 10 (8M) [PATCH net-next v22 14/14] Documentation: networking: Document the phy_port infrastructure
  2026-01-08 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE108d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 1/8] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-03-03 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-03-24 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 8/9] net: dsa: lan9645x: add mdb management
  2026-03-24 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE85d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v3 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-04-10 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE85d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v3 8/9] net: dsa: lan9645x: add mdb management
  2026-04-10 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD58d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v4 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-04-30 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD58d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v4 8/9] net: dsa: lan9645x: add mdb management
  2026-04-30 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD44d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v5 1/9] net: dsa: add tag driver for LAN9645X
  2026-05-18 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD44d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v5 8/9] net: dsa: lan9645x: add mdb management
  2026-05-18 · Jens Emil Schulz Østergaard <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE208d [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: add tag formats for MxL862xx switches
  2025-12-14 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE205d [PATCH RFC net-next v2 03/12] net: eth: Add helpers to find DPLL pin firmware node
  2025-12-15 · Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
• STALE158d [PATCH RFC net-next v4 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-01-06 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE174d [PATCH net-next v6 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-01-17 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE169d [PATCH v7 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-01-18 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE163d [PATCH net-next v8 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-01-22 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE162d [PATCH net-next v9 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-01-27 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE161d [PATCH net-next v10 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-01-30 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE157d [PATCH net-next v11 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-01-31 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE157d [PATCH v12 2/4] net: dsa: add tag format for MxL862xx switches
  2026-02-01 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>