I know nothing about the reasons it was dropped (apart from what I've read on HN, ironically) but keep in mind this was years ago, when it was still deeply, dee

I know nothing about the reasons it was dropped (apart from what I've read on HN, ironically) but keep in mind this was years ago, when it was still deeply, deeply troubled and there was a lot of churn going on. "Churn" and "stable" kernels like RHEL don't mix well.