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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732013 Title: Drop Floppy Drive Support from kernel? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1732013/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
