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

From: Qingfang Deng <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-10 02:28:20
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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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