[PATCH 0/3] um: Remove legacy network transport support

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Tiwei,

On Sat, 3 May 2025 at 07:17, Tiwei Bie <tiwei.btw at antgroup.com> wrote:
> Tiwei Bie (3):
>   um: Remove obsolete legacy network transports
>   um: vector: Eliminate the dependency on uml_net
>   um: Remove legacy network transport infrastructure

Thanks for your series!

>  arch/um/drivers/slirp_kern.c                  | 120 ---
>  arch/um/drivers/slirp_user.c                  | 124 ---

It's been a while I used UML, but slirp is what allowed me to run
UML on a machine at work where I only had normal user access, and do
root-only things like running Wireshark (then called Ethereal ;-), and
install and run apps that were not available on the physical machine.
Do the newer networking options support using networking on a machine
where you do not have root access?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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