Linux 6.6 release will remove legacy wireless USB and UWB code

According to recent reports from foreign technology media Phoronix, the development of the Linux kernel has taken a new step. The upcoming Linux 6.6 version is expected to comprehensively clean up the wireless USB and ultra-wideband legacy code in the kernel to further improve system performance and optimize the code structure

According to Phoronix’s report, The Linux kernel has begun to gradually deprecate these outdated technology codes in 2019 due to the widespread popularity of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies and the lack of maintainers for Wireless USB and UWB code that have been deprecated in the past decade. Hardly getting any updates

The Linux 6.6 kernel version is expected to undergo a comprehensive cleanup, removing more than 20,000 lines of WUSB/UWB-related code and introducing about 500 new lines of code to improve system stability and Performance

Over time, consumers are more inclined to use more advanced Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies, resulting in WUSB technology being gradually phased out in the field of short-range wireless connections

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