Comment 8 for bug 1701316

So we tested both Huawei driver 2.1.0.40+patch on 4.10.0-26-generic (from the repo), and 4.10.0-25.29+lp1701316v201707070815 (which includes 2.1.0.28), and both work (at least mkfs.xfs, and loop jillrouleau mentioned above).