RE: [PATCH net-next] net: x25_asy: Delete the x25_asy driver

From: David Laight
Date: Thu Nov 05 2020 - 04:10:19 EST


From: Xie He
> Sent: 05 November 2020 07:35
>
> This driver transports LAPB (X.25 link layer) frames over TTY links.

I don't remember any requests to run LAPB over anything other
than synchronous links when I was writing LAPB implementation(s)
back in the mid 1980's.

If you need to run 'comms over async uart links' there
are better options.

I wonder what the actual use case was?

David

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