Ubutun 16.10 is just days away and the DisplayLink drivers don't work for it and cause X to crash.

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[26700.930995] kernel BUG at /build/linux-B4zRAA/linux-4.8.0/mm/usercopy.c:75!
[26700.931021] invalid opcode: 0000 [#2] SMP
[26700.931038] Modules linked in: evdi(OE) nls_iso8859_1 uas usb_storage nvram msr vmnet(OE) vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmw_vmci vmmon(OE) ccm rfcomm cmac cdc_mbim snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib cdc_ncm qcserial usb_wwan usbserial qmi_wwan cdc_wdm usbnet uvcvideo mii videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core videodev media btusb btrtl bnep arc4 i2c_designware_platform i2c_designware_core snd_soc_skl snd_soc_skl_ipc snd_soc_sst_ipc snd_soc_sst_dsp snd_hda_ext_core hp_wmi snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_soc_sst_match snd_soc_core snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_codec_generic snd_compress ac97_bus intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec kvm_intel snd_hda_core iwlmvm snd_hwdep kvm mac80211 snd_pcm irqbypass iwlwifi intel_cstate
[26700.931393] snd_seq_midi cfg80211 intel_rapl_perf snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer joydev input_leds snd serio_raw soundcore shpchp idma64 virt_dma intel_pch_thermal mei_me mei intel_lpss_pci hci_uart btbcm btqca btintel bluetooth soc_button_array intel_vbtn tpm_infineon intel_lpss_acpi intel_lpss acpi_pad hp_wireless intel_hid mac_hid sparse_keymap parport_pc ppdev lp parport ip_tables x_tables autofs4 dm_snapshot dm_bufio algif_skcipher af_alg dm_crypt hid_generic
[26700.931619] evdi: [D] evdi_detect:69 (dev=2) Painter is connected
[26700.931622] evdi: [D] evdi_painter_get_edid_copy:192 (dev=2) 00 ff ff
[26700.931667] usbhid
[26700.931678] crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel i915 aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper psmouse e1000e syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt ptp fb_sys_fops ahci pps_core drm libahci i2c_hid wmi hid pinctrl_sunrisepoint video pinctrl_intel fjes
[26700.931818] CPU: 1 PID: 1653 Comm: ThreadedDrmDevi Tainted: G D OE 4.8.0-19-generic #21-Ubuntu
[26700.931852] Hardware name: HP HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3/80FA, BIOS N83 Ver. 01.02 03/09/2016
[26700.931884] task: ffff8947d6925880 task.stack: ffff8947408f4000
[26700.931907] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8262e537>] [<ffffffff8262e537>] __check_object_size+0x77/0x1dc
[26700.931929] evdi: [D] evdi_detect:69 (dev=1) Painter is connected
[26700.931931] evdi: [D] evdi_painter_get_edid_copy:192 (dev=1) 00 ff ff
[26700.931992] RSP: 0018:ffff8947408f7dd8 EFLAGS: 00010286
[26700.932014] RAX: 000000000000005f RBX: ffff89467b6dc2e8 RCX: 0000000000000000
[26700.932038] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8947f144dc68 RDI: ffff8947f144dc68
[26700.932066] RBP: ffff8947408f7df8 R08: 00000000000e3481 R09: 0000000000000005
[26700.932090] R10: 0000000000000060 R11: 0000000000000ce4 R12: 0000000000000058
[26700.932119] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffff89467b6dc340 R15: ffff89467b6dc2b8
[26700.932146] FS: 00007f3828ff9700(0000) GS:ffff8947f1440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[26700.932175] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[26700.932198] CR2: 0000563efbefdde8 CR3: 000000037966c000 CR4: 00000000003406e0
[26700.932227] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[26700.935710] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[26700.939150] Stack:
[26700.942340] 0000000000000000 ffff894739db7600 ffff89467b6dc2a0 0000000000000058
[26700.945811] ffff8947408f7eb8 ffffffffc041e27d ffff8947408f7e78 ffff894739db76c8
[26700.945813] ffff8945e5bc5800 ffff894739db7708 00007f3828ff86a0 0000000000000400
[26700.945813] Call Trace:
[26700.945829] [<ffffffffc041e27d>] drm_read+0x17d/0x360 [drm]
[26700.945832] [<ffffffff82771fa0>] ? security_file_permission+0xa0/0xc0
[26700.945835] [<ffffffff82632338>] __vfs_read+0x18/0x40
[26700.945836] [<ffffffff82632a96>] vfs_read+0x96/0x130
[26700.945839] [<ffffffff82633f75>] SyS_read+0x55/0xc0
[26700.945842] [<ffffffff82c9eef6>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1e/0xa8
[26700.945862] Code: 48 0f 44 d1 48 c7 c6 80 4d 0a 83 48 c7 c1 64 a5 09 83 48 0f 44 f1 4d 89 e1 49 89 c0 48 89 d9 48 c7 c7 00 1a 0a 83 e8 fd 03 f7 ff <0f> 0b e8 12 d6 fb ff 85 c0 75 78 48 89 df e8 a6 2d e4 ff 84 c0
[26700.945864] RIP [<ffffffff8262e537>] __check_object_size+0x77/0x1dc
[26700.945865] RSP <ffff8947408f7dd8>
[26700.946000] ---[ end trace 93958cf71e0e4dd6 ]---

This needs fixing for DisplayLink to be a reliable and serious option for external display support.