Phoronix reports that Linux networking maintainer Jakub Kicinski diverted more than 50 fixes to net-next for Linux 7.4 and asked the subordinate subsystem trees to trim their submissions, yet the networking pull request for Linux 7.3-rc7 still carried 128 commits covering Ethernet driver regressions, MediaTek MT76 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, CAN and WireGuard changes. The pull-request summary described some of the nxpwifi changes as ‘LLM-ish fixes’, and Kicinski concluded that the situation is what it is, with AI- and LLM-generated bug reports and patches continuing to overwhelm the networking subsystem and push less urgent work to the next merge window ahead of the 7.3-rc7 release expected on October 11.
Linux Networking Diverts 50+ Fixes To Next Kernel, Still Bombarded With AI Fueled Churn
Phoronix reports that Linux networking maintainer Jakub Kicinski diverted more than 50 fixes to net-next for Linux 7.4 and asked the subordinate subsystem trees to trim their submissions, yet the networking pull request for Linux 7.3-rc7 still carried 128 commits covering Ethernet driver regressions, MediaTek MT76 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, CAN and WireGuard changes. The pull-request summary described some of the nxpwifi changes as 'LLM-ish fixes', and Kicinski concluded that the situation is what it is, with AI- and LLM-generated bug reports and patches continuing to overwhelm the networking subsystem and push less urgent work to the next merge window ahead of the 7.3-rc7 release expected on October 11.
Source: Phoronix