New Patches Allow Building Linux IPv6-Only, Option To Deprecate "Legacy" IPv4

Posted by bob on Apr 2, 2026 3:39 AM EDT
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Longtime Linux developer David Woodhouse sent out a patch series today to "deprecate legacy IP" support within the Linux kernel. While some of his commentary his April 1st-esque, he does acknowledge much of this work has merit. Ultimately it can allow for building a Linux kernel with IPv6-only support and working on allowing "legacy" IPv4 support to be disabled as part of the kernel build...

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