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Hi,
First of all, I was wrong in my previous statement : 1.5.5 currently supports kernels up to 3.19. The source code that you cite is for 1.5.9 that is only available in Xenial.
Secondly, there is no upstream version that supports kernel up to 4.2 since 1.5.9 is the last released upstream version. The current plans for the next upstream version is to support kernels up to 4.2 so the problem will remain with the lts-xenial kernel.
After reviewing the differences between 1.5.5 and 1.5.9, I only see one kernel specific commit of interest, and it only enhances the current behavior by using newly exported kernel information not available beforehand. This will not impair the current functionality.
So I am not in a position to overrule upstream's decision to warn about the fact that kernels above 4.1 are not supported.
I could backport the current situation but it will do you no good as it will only bring the limit to 4.1. I prefer to wait for the newer release that will provide a wider span of version support.
I will get in touch with upstream to see if there is any plan to bring support for earlier kernels and up to what version they plan to confirm support.
Kind regards