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> As far as that means as an end user, it means that you no longer need to recompile your wireguard module every time there's a kernel update, as now it will be
by mekster 7y ago
> As far as that means as an end user, it means that you no longer need to recompile your wireguard module every time there's a kernel update, as now it will be handled by your distro.
That's not the important point.
The point being, when merged as part of the kernel officially, you know it will get more support and eyes for stability and development power as the kernel wouldn't want to ship anything that's at some unstable state.
So you can expect long term usage and maybe RedHat might pick it up as its official VPN solution instead of libreswan some day.
- ryanlol 7y ago>you know it will get more support and eyes for stability and development power as the kernel wouldn't want to ship anything that's at some unstable state. This is a rather idealistic view on kernel development. But it is true that when wireguard is “ready” this could very well result in a bit more support as larger orgs will be more willing to start using wireguard.