Re: [PATCH net-next] pppoe: remove kernel-mode relay support

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Thu Feb 26 2026 - 05:50:46 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:50:52 +0800 you wrote:
> The kernel-mode PPPoE relay feature and its two associated ioctls
> (PPPOEIOCSFWD and PPPOEIOCDFWD) are not used by any existing userspace
> PPPoE implementations. The most commonly-used package, RP-PPPoE [1],
> handles the relaying entirely in userspace.
>
> This legacy code has remained in the driver since its introduction in
> kernel 2.3.99-pre7 for over two decades, but has served no practical
> purpose.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next] pppoe: remove kernel-mode relay support
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/15c9ed1d8286

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