On Sun, May 03, 2026 at 07:43:56AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > But I heard some enterprise kernels came with the code compiled into the > kernel, and these required a kernel command line option and a reboot to > fix.
VPSs provided by Linode/Akamai have the "option" (see below) to boot their kernel, so that no kernel package needs even to be installed in the image. That kernel is monolithic, and as far as I can see there isn't a way to pass kernel options, either. As of today, the kernel build options relevant to this bug seem to be still enabled, and Akamai has this to say about it: https://status.linode.com/incidents/msqh44ktjp9g In the past, I have tried using distro or self compiled kernels instead which is possible in theory, but I have found in that case there was a non-negligible chance of the system not coming back from reboot. -- Ian
