I’m not a kernel developer, but it does seem weird to remove the legacy function in the same patch as the replacement function is shipped.
That said, isn’t it fairly easy to install a modified kernel? Or is that hard on Ubuntu for some reason? I suppose it’s to do with official support cycles and patches, so that’s only really a viable fix if the distro manages to kernel options, to ensure timelines with security patches and commercial support.
I’m not a kernel developer, but it does seem weird to remove the legacy function in the same patch as the replacement function is shipped.
That said, isn’t it fairly easy to install a modified kernel? Or is that hard on Ubuntu for some reason? I suppose it’s to do with official support cycles and patches, so that’s only really a viable fix if the distro manages to kernel options, to ensure timelines with security patches and commercial support.
yeah i’m running a lts distro but keep the kernel up to date, it’s super simple, there’s even gui apps for it