Sam Gweon, thank you for your comments. Regarding them:
"Every new device that is not supported by old kernels could be called to have an upstream bug."
This is incorrect. If a bug is reproducible in an Ubuntu (downstream) kernel but not mainline (upstream), it's not an upstream bug.
"Please keep in mind that I did not really use any old ubuntu distros with this computer. Since I bought this new laptop..."
Sam Gweon, thank you for your comments. Regarding them:
"Every new device that is not supported by old kernels could be called to have an upstream bug."
This is incorrect. If a bug is reproducible in an Ubuntu (downstream) kernel but not mainline (upstream), it's not an upstream bug.
"Please keep in mind that I did not really use any old ubuntu distros with this computer. Since I bought this new laptop..."
If you want to maximize the speed of this bug being fixed, you would want to follow the instructions advised to you in https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ linux/+ bug/1247667/ comments/ 26 .