On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 at 14:22, Thomas Zimmermann [off-list ref] wrote:

Unless the described problem really happens
in practice, I'd drop this workaround. There's no point in working
around legacy userspace in modern drivers.

This workaround was put in place after we noticed x11 either preventing
the userspace daemon from working, or breaking itself. So, yes,
it does happen in practice.