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Linux 6.13 To Drop Fieldbus Just Five Years After Being Merged
Merged back in 2019 was the Fieldbus subsystem as a set of network protocols for real-time distributed control of automated industrial systems
Merged back in 2019 was the Fieldbus subsystem as a set of network protocols for real-time distributed control of automated industrial systems. Part of the patches seem to be motivated because of maintenance (for example - remove deprecated function) - Maintainer lost interest, last "Reviewed-by:" is May 2021 - no blog about usage of this driver So barring any last minute changes, Fieldbus will be bid farewell with the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel now that Greg Kroah-Hartman has picked up this patch in the staging-next Git branch.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.
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