On 8 August 2018 at 21:14, Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 8/8/2018 7:58 PM, Randy Oostdyk wrote: >> >> Good day all, > > > Hi Randy > >> I'm writing to report an issue with the linux kernel, and I'm hoping >> this is the right place to report it. (short aside: I tried to ask in >> the #linux-wireless IRC channel, but wasn't permitted to speak!) > > > uhm. why? There was (and still is) a lot of link spamming recently on freenode in #linux-wireless (and several other open [source] channels) from unregistered clients; to prevent further disruptions unregistered clients were prevented from writing to the channel for now. Quite likely this was/is Randys issue. Registering helps, not sure how easy it is to give individual unregistered users the right to talk. Regards Jonas