> From: Arnd Bergmann <a...@kernel.org> > > Makes sense. I checked > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WiMAX_networks, and it appears > that these entries are all stale, after everyone has migrated to LTE > or discontinued their service altogether. > > NetworkManager appears to have dropped userspace support in 2015 > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747846, the > www.linuxwimax.org site had already shut down earlier. > > WiMax is apparently still being deployed on airport campus > networks ("AeroMACS"), but in a frequency band that was not > supported by the old Intel 2400m (used in Sandy Bridge laptops > and earlier), which is the only driver using the kernel's wimax > stack. > > Inaky, do you have any additional information about possible > users? If we are sure there are none, then I'd suggest removing > all the wimax code directly, otherwise it could go through > drivers/staging/ for a release or two (and move it back in case > there are users after all). I can send a patch if you like.
I have not Every now and then I get the occasional message from a student or researcher asking for support about a production network, but they have dwindled in the last years. My vote would be to scrap the whole thing; if there are die hard users, they can always rise up and move it back from staging.
