Drop Floppy Drive Support from kernel?

Bug #1732013 reported by Bryan Quigley
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linux (Ubuntu)
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Wishlist
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Bionic
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Wishlist
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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/)

Tags: bionic
Revision history for this message
Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1732013

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: added: bionic
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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