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AHBLpBdnl9SOe8ETkv6GqbZrXUED/dAbRVIT5vHP51zyYB8rAUjp3PnzxsXFG8eQaacEyKSl0DKDlgKuQ+k292LVGJhEva8z4cwg3JcrQWzbpTRskQRP624aQ7t0LKbNfXqfYT13TvZNTDdjQaCJRJ3EG8uXOszVKuc0guXunZPmmq6x1Y3bOfOezcFYoywwL3nKef+Z5sQrjG3/5NLeu+W Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.50.3 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Thu, 2026-02-05 at 17:40 +0100, Haris Iqbal wrote: [...] > It is an interesting proposal, but I feel the problem statement > overlaps with some other, already being discussed, or covered topics. > For example, the topic of fixes requiring effort and time of the > maintainer/reviewer, and the fact that AI now potentially leads to > too many such fixes is being discussed in the following link, >=20 > https://lore.kernel.org/ksummit/20251114183528.1239900-1-dave.hansen@linu= x.intel.com/#t They are actually pretty orthogonal. The email is about identifying AI tools used in submission. I may suspect the uptick in the fixes is due to the use of AI, but I don't really care. The problem isn't what tool you used it's that the risk vs benefit of actually fixing the driver isn't favourable. Regards, James