Active subsystems in netdev

100 subsystems with patch activity in the last 7 days, busiest first. Each links to its own dashboard: recent patches, active threads and reviewers for the paths that subsystem claims in MAINTAINERS.

• networking [general]
  431 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 12:59 · "David S. Miller" et al.
• networking drivers
  416 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 12:35 · Andrew Lunn et al.
• kernel selftest framework
  58 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 04:05 · Shuah Khan et al.
• intel ethernet drivers
  51 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 06:52 · Tony Nguyen et al.
• bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools) Supported
  48 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 01:19 · Alexei Starovoitov et al.
• networking [dsa]
  44 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 07:22 · Andrew Lunn et al.
• tc subsystem
  36 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 14:34 · Jamal Hadi Salim et al.
• stmmac ethernet driver
  28 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 10:08 · Maxime Chevallier
• open firmware and flattened device tree bindings
  28 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 15:42 · Rob Herring et al.
• virtio net driver
  26 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 15:09 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" et al.
• can network layer
  25 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 23:11 · Oliver Hartkopp et al.
• ethernet phy library
  23 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 12:35 · Andrew Lunn et al.
• usb networking drivers Odd Fixes
  22 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 13:23
• networking [ipv4/ipv6]
  22 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 09:26 · David Ahern et al.
• networking [tls]
  22 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 22:17 · John Fastabend et al.
• documentation
  20 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 23:07 · Jonathan Corbet
• pse network driver
  20 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-20 19:27 · Oleksij Rempel et al.
• netfilter
  19 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 22:04 · Pablo Neira Ayuso et al.
• mellanox mlx5 core vpi driver
  18 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 16:21 · Saeed Mahameed et al.
• bpf [selftests] (test runners & infrastructure)
  18 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 15:37 · Andrii Nakryiko et al.
• rds - reliable datagram sockets Supported
  17 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 15:41 · Allison Henderson
• can network drivers
  16 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 23:11 · Marc Kleine-Budde et al.
• kernel nfsd, sunrpc, and lockd servers Supported
  14 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 12:59 · Chuck Lever et al.
• bpf [core]
  13 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 01:19 · Alexei Starovoitov et al.
• networking [ipsec]
  12 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 06:45 · Steffen Klassert et al.
• vm sockets (af_vsock)
  12 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 07:52 · Stefano Garzarella
• cake qdisc
  12 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-20 16:57 · Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
• nfs, sunrpc, and lockd clients
  11 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 12:59 · Trond Myklebust et al.
• cxgb4 ethernet driver (cxgb4)
  11 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 17:11 · Potnuri Bharat Teja
• networking [tcp]
  10 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 09:01 · Eric Dumazet et al.
• motorcomm yt921x ethernet switch driver
  10 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 02:41 · David Yang
• ethernet bridge
  10 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 15:09 · Nikolay Aleksandrov et al.
• nfc subsystem
  9 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 19:54 · David Heidelberg
• virtio host (vhost)
  9 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 11:37 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" et al.
• yaml netlink (ynl)
  8 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 10:34 · Donald Hunter et al.
• xdp sockets (af_xdp)
  8 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 14:12 · Magnus Karlsson et al.
• bpf [networking] (tcx & tc bpf, sock_addr)
  8 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 09:28 · Daniel Borkmann
• bpf [l7 framework] (sockmap)
  8 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 03:57 · John Fastabend et al.
• user-mode linux (uml)
  8 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 15:09 · Richard Weinberger et al.
• virtio and vhost vsock driver
  8 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 07:52 · Stefan Hajnoczi et al.
• nebula-matrix ethernet driver (nebula-matrix)
  8 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 06:21 · Illusion Wang et al.
• sctp protocol
  7 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 10:56 · Marcelo Ricardo Leitner et al.
• tipc network layer
  7 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 17:24 · Jon Maloy et al.
• common clk framework
  7 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 10:34 · Stephen Boyd et al.
• openvpn data channel offload Supported
  7 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 12:16 · Antonio Quartulli
• hyper-v/azure core and drivers Supported
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 07:28 · Haiyang Zhang et al.
• bpf [library] (libbpf)
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 15:37 · Andrii Nakryiko et al.
• openvswitch
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 14:29 · Aaron Conole et al.
• tun/tap driver
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 15:09 · Willem de Bruijn et al.
• sfc network driver
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 13:43 · Edward Cree
• arm/rockchip soc support
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 10:34 · Heiko Stuebner
• arm/qualcomm support
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 09:02 · Bjorn Andersson et al.
• huawei 3rd gen ethernet driver
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 12:25 · Fan Gong
• atmel macb ethernet driver
  6 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 09:39 · Théo Lebrun
• wwan drivers
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 17:41 · Loic Poulain et al.
• arm/qualcomm mailing list
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 09:02
• ppp over ethernet Orphan
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 08:00
• s390 iucv network layer Supported
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 03:00 · Alexandra Winter et al.
• rxrpc sockets (af_rxrpc) Supported
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 18:48 · David Howells et al.
• qualcomm ipc router (qrtr) driver
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 17:43 · Manivannan Sadhasivam
• freescale enetc ethernet drivers
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 14:54 · Claudiu Manoil et al.
• hisilicon network subsystem driver
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 12:15 · Jian Shen et al.
• wangxun ethernet driver
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-20 06:02 · Jiawen Wu et al.
• amt (automatic multicast tunneling)
  5 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-20 00:26 · Taehee Yoo
• shared memory communications (smc) sockets Supported
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-25 04:03 · D. Wythe et al.
• netconsole
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 23:07 · Breno Leitao
• tracing
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 15:36 · Steven Rostedt et al.
• psp security protocol
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 23:47 · Daniel Zahka et al.
• maxlinear mxl862xx switch driver
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 20:40 · Daniel Golle
• packet sockets
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 15:09 · Willem de Bruijn
• networking [unix sockets]
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 15:00 · Kuniyuki Iwashima
• marvell octeontx2 rvu admin function driver
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 10:01 · Sunil Goutham et al.
• aeonsemi phy driver
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 22:30 · Christian Marangi
• broadcom genet ethernet driver
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 08:54 · Doug Berger et al.
• generic phy framework Supported
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 16:12 · Vinod Koul
• hisilicon network subsystem 3 driver (hns3)
  4 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 12:15 · Jian Shen et al.
• airoha ethernet driver
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 15:42 · Lorenzo Bianconi
• xdp (express data path) Supported
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 15:36 · Alexei Starovoitov et al.
• virtio host (vhost-scsi)
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 10:40 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" et al.
• atlx ethernet drivers
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 09:30 · Chris Snook
• gtp (gprs tunneling protocol)
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 08:44 · Pablo Neira Ayuso et al.
• alpha port Odd Fixes
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 06:50 · Richard Henderson et al.
• mips
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 06:50 · Thomas Bogendoerfer
• arm/amlogic meson soc support
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 20:07 · Neil Armstrong et al.
• infiniband subsystem Supported
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 19:32 · Jason Gunthorpe et al.
• ptp virtual clock support
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 15:17 · Yangbo Lu
• networking [sockets]
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-22 11:16 · Eric Dumazet et al.
• can-j1939 network layer
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 23:11 · Robin van der Gracht et al.
• pin control subsystem
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 16:12 · Linus Walleij
• ext4 file system
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 03:17 · "Theodore Ts'o"
• generic include/asm header files
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 03:17 · Arnd Bergmann
• security subsystem Supported
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 03:16 · Paul Moore et al.
• abi/api
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-21 03:16
• maxlinear ethernet phy driver Supported
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-20 09:37 · Xu Liang
• ncsi library
  3 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-19 01:39 · Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
• management component transport protocol (mctp)
  2 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 22:04 · Jeremy Kerr et al.
• marvell 88e6xxx ethernet switch fabric driver
  2 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 18:21 · Andrew Lunn
• aquantia ethernet driver (atlantic)
  2 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 17:20 · Sukhdeep Singh
• usb "usbnet" driver framework
  2 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-24 08:46 · Oliver Neukum
• bonding driver
  2 messages in 7d · last 2026-10-23 10:45 · Jay Vosburgh