Linus has merged the net-next changes for the 6.16 #Linux kernel version.
This is huge for #OpenVPN, as the Data Channel Offload kernel module is now officially merged and will appear as the ovpn kernel module.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1b98f357dadd6ea613a435fbaef1a5dd7b35fd21
The OpenVPN community project has also released the 2.7_alpha1 release, which is required to make use of this new upstreamed ovpn kernel module.
https://community.openvpn.net/Downloads#openvpn-27_alpha1-released-28-may-2025
There is also a parallel kernel module project running, to be able to test this new ovpn kernel module on older Linux kernels
https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-backports
FYI: @corbet @jzb @sjvn
#ovpn-dco #DCO #foss #oss