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Umm, build it yourselves…? Anyone can fork an build a custom kernel.
Edit: looks like they kinda sorta did.
Yeah the headline is stupid bait.
They already built it. They're trying to contribute the change upstream.
Which is technically "requesting higher core support", but is a very obnoxious way to phrase it.
If you fork it, you're stuck maintaining your own kernel. It quickly becomes a nightmare as you accumulate more custom changes while bringing in fixes/features from mainline kernel.
They've already submitted a patch to change the mainline/upstream kernel. If the community/maintainers accept the patch then they won't need to fork it and can rely on distros backporting the support to older/downstream kernels if needed.
Isnt proposing it something different than just creating a pull request?
I'd say waiting for green light from the maintainers and then work on it might be more beneficial.
From my understanding, many companies have forked the main kernel to shape it to their needs. But I could be wrong.