From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:56:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ms2qcsnh.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a4z9xlst.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> writes:
> Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> writes:
>
>> Add guidance for AI assistants and developers using AI tools for kernel
>> contributions, per the consensus reached at the 2025 Maintainers Summit.
>>
>> Create Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst with detailed guidance
>> on licensing, Signed-off-by requirements, and attribution format. The
>> README points AI tools to this documentation.
>>
>> This will allow coding assistants to easily parse these instructions and
>> comply with guidelines set by the community.
>>
>> Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1049830/
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> v2: Move guidance to Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst (Jon)
>>
>> Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> Documentation/process/index.rst | 1 +
>> README | 12 +++++
>> 3 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
>
> Thanks, this looks good to me. If nobody screams, I'll apply it before
> too long.
Nobody screamed ... applied, thanks.
jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-06 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-14 1:07 [PATCH] README: add AI Coding Assistants section Sasha Levin
2025-12-22 22:04 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-12-23 12:21 ` [PATCH v2] docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation Sasha Levin
2025-12-23 15:25 ` Jonathan Corbet
2026-01-06 21:56 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2026-03-10 16:32 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-03-11 15:20 ` [PATCH] checkpatch: add support for Assisted-by tag Sasha Levin
2026-03-11 15:33 ` Joe Perches
2026-03-11 16:15 ` Sasha Levin
2026-03-11 21:58 ` [PATCH v2] " Sasha Levin
2026-03-12 20:59 ` Joe Perches
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