Linux 7.0 will remove support for HIPPI (High Performance Parallel Interface), a late 1980s networking standard for supercomputers that provided 800 Mb/s connectivity over 25 meters. The removal eliminates nearly 3,000 lines of unmaintained code that hasn't seen real use in years, as HIPPI was replaced decades ago by Fibre

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