networking drivers · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
• 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>

Paths

• F Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/
• F Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
• F drivers/connector/
• F drivers/net/
• F drivers/ptp/
• F drivers/s390/net/
• F include/dt-bindings/net/
• F include/linux/cn_proc.h
• F include/linux/etherdevice.h
• F include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
• F include/linux/fcdevice.h
• F include/linux/fddidevice.h
• F include/linux/if_*
• F include/linux/inetdevice.h
• F include/linux/netdev*
• F include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
• F include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink*
• F include/uapi/linux/if_*
• F include/uapi/linux/net_shaper.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netdev*
• F tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/
• X Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/bluetooth/
• X Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/
• X Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/
• X drivers/net/can/
• X drivers/net/wireless/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net-next] dt-bindings: net: Use consistent indentation in the example
  2026-09-13 12:29 · 0 replies in 7d · Krzysztof Kozlowski <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 01/13 net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-10 14:50 · 0 replies in 7d · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net-next] dt-bindings: net: Use consistent indentation in the example
  2026-09-13 · Krzysztof Kozlowski <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 01/13 net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-10 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE62d [PATCH 01/13 RFC net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-07-12 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD45d [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: prestera: ignore duplicate RIF destruction events
  2026-07-11 · Yuyang Huang <hidden>
• STALE65d [PATCH v2 5/7] net: usb: pegasus: don't rely on id table pointer arithmetic
  2026-07-07 · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
• COOLING12d IN LINUX-NEXT: 2 (0M) [PATCH v9 11/14] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-07-02 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE75d [PATCH net-next 7/8] sfc: use kmalloc() to allocate logging buffer
  2026-06-30 · "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE75d [PATCH net-next 6/8] sfc/siena: use kmalloc() to allocate logging buffer
  2026-06-30 · "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE75d [PATCH net-next 3/8] ice: use kzalloc() to allocate staging buffer for reading from GNSS
  2026-06-30 · "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE75d [PATCH net-next 2/8] bnx2x: use kzalloc() to allocate mac filtering list
  2026-06-30 · "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE74d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v8 11/14] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-06-26 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE83d [patch V2 00/25] timekeeping/ptp: Expand snapshot functionality
  2026-05-29 · Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• STALE82d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v7 12/15] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-05-22 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE106d [PATCH v2 5/6] net: wwan: Hold runtime PM during active data path operations
  2026-05-22 · Krishna Chaitanya Chundru <hidden>
• STALE106d [PATCH v2 3/6] net: mhi_net: Hold runtime PM during active data path operations
  2026-05-22 · Krishna Chaitanya Chundru <hidden>
• STALE68d REVIEWED: 50 (49M) [PATCH 01/10] [v2] [net-next] net: dsa: b53: hide legacy gpiolib usage on non-mips
  2026-05-20 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• STALE114d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 13/16] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-05-18 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE123d REVIEWED: 15 (14M) [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: Consistently define pci_device_ids using named initializers
  2026-05-11 · Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <hidden>
• STALE117d REVIEWED: 27 (27M) [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: Fix phandle-array constraints, again
  2026-05-07 · "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@kernel.org>
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 15 (14M) [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: Consistently define pci_device_ids using named initializers
  2026-05-07 · Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <hidden>
• STALE118d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 13/16] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-05-04 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE136d [PATCH net-next] net: Consistently define pci_device_ids using named initializers
  2026-04-28 · Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <hidden>
• STALE137d [PATCH v2 9/9] ptp: switch to using FIELD_GET_SIGNED()
  2026-04-27 · Yury Norov <hidden>
• STALE137d [RFC PATCH v1 5/9] uaccess: Switch to copy_{to/from}_user_partial() when relevant
  2026-04-27 · "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
• STALE132d [PATCH v4 12/15] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-04-27 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE144d [PATCH] dt-bindings: Fix phandle-array constraints, again
  2026-04-21 · "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@kernel.org>
• STALE139d [PATCH 9/9] ptp: switch to using FIELD_GET_SIGNED()
  2026-04-17 · Yury Norov <hidden>
• STALE156d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 net-next] net: use get_random_u{16,32,64}() where appropriate
  2026-04-07 · David Carlier <hidden>
• STALE159d [PATCH v3 net-next] net: use get_random_u{16,32,64}() where appropriate
  2026-04-05 · David Carlier <hidden>
• STALE163d [PATCH 1/6] net: Simplify tautological CONFIG_INET/CONFIG_IPV6 guards
  2026-04-01 · David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.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.

• STALE156d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 net-next] net: use get_random_u{16,32,64}() where appropriate
  2026-04-07 · David Carlier <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.

• STALE171d [PATCH 12/14] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-03-06 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE165d [PATCH 05/10 net-next] drivers: net: drop ipv6_stub usage and use direct function calls
  2026-03-09 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE167d [PATCH v2 12/15] net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
  2026-03-12 · Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>
• STALE174d [PATCH net-next v2 09/13] iavf: convert to ndo_set_rx_mode_async
  2026-03-18 · Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
• STALE174d [PATCH net-next v2 10/13] netdevsim: convert to ndo_set_rx_mode_async
  2026-03-18 · Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
• STALE174d [PATCH net-next v2 11/13] dummy: convert to ndo_set_rx_mode_async
  2026-03-18 · Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
• STALE172d [PATCH net-next v3 10/13] netdevsim: convert to ndo_set_rx_mode_async
  2026-03-20 · Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
• STALE163d [PATCH 1/6] net: Simplify tautological CONFIG_INET/CONFIG_IPV6 guards
  2026-04-01 · David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
• STALE139d [PATCH 9/9] ptp: switch to using FIELD_GET_SIGNED()
  2026-04-17 · Yury Norov <hidden>
• STALE137d [PATCH v2 9/9] ptp: switch to using FIELD_GET_SIGNED()
  2026-04-27 · Yury Norov <hidden>