I guess we all have different definitions of "real world". Unfortunately in my world, I don't have root access on most machines I use day to day, and I also don't control what kernel gets booted on them. The world of being a plain user is very different from that of a kernel dev.
Posted Jul 28, 2010 6:39 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
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If you can't replace kernel then that's your problem: escalate to someone who can replace kernel. If noone can replace kernel then kernel developers have nothing to do with it - it's your own mess and you must to something with it.
Try to ask motor mechanic to fix you car without opening the hood sometime and hear what he thinks about this idea.