Public bug reported: 1) Proposed for 18.04 2) Whichever kernel 4.14 or 4.15
Can we drop Floppy support from the kernel for Bionic? I see very small activity about Floppy drives in the 2012 timeframe (LP and AskUbuntu), but I can't see much of a use for floppy drives in 2018. Advantages to remove * It's being removed for various cloud vendors - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/+bug/1729673. I can't reproduce the speed difference locally though. * It removes attack service. Hard to quantify but QEMU has gotten hit by a bad floppy disk exploit (https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2608-1/) ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732013 Title: Drop Floppy Drive Support from kernel? Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1) Proposed for 18.04 2) Whichever kernel 4.14 or 4.15 Can we drop Floppy support from the kernel for Bionic? I see very small activity about Floppy drives in the 2012 timeframe (LP and AskUbuntu), but I can't see much of a use for floppy drives in 2018. Advantages to remove * It's being removed for various cloud vendors - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/+bug/1729673. I can't reproduce the speed difference locally though. * It removes attack service. Hard to quantify but QEMU has gotten hit by a bad floppy disk exploit (https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2608-1/) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1732013/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
