WireGuard is a modern, in-kernel VPN protocol that creates encrypted virtual network interfaces between hosts. It is pure software — no physical hardware is involved — and was merged into Linux 5.6 in 2020 as a faster, simpler alternative to IPsec and OpenVPN.
This is not actually a hardware driver directory; it is the implementation of the WireGuard VPN protocol, which presents a virtual tunnel network interface. It is a widely used and actively maintained piece of core networking infrastructure, so the question of hardware deprecation does not apply.
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Not a driver directory: contains the WireGuard virtual VPN network interface implementation, a software tunnel device rather than hardware-bound driver code.