....will go down in history as one of the most fucked up kernels
ever released.

We can't even get the damn kernel to install modules upon boot. In
fact, the only way we can load any module is with insmod.

And we are not the only one having this problem. Others here have
posted similar problems and a quick google search shows that all
kinds of people are having problems loading modules.

This is pathetic.

Linux is rapidly approaching the point where it can no longer be
maintained at the kernel level by volunteers (amateurs). It reached
the point long ago where is couldn't be maintained at the user level
by the average user.

Linux is very, very, close to death.

cordially, as always,

rm