Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Provide guidelines for kernel development tools

[Sasha Levin]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 04:29:14PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > + - ChatGPT generated a new function in your patch to sort list entries.
> > + - A .c file in the patch was originally generated by Gemini but cleaned
> > +   up by hand.
>
> Like Jon, it also crossed my mind using just LLM here or perhaps
> mentioning "open" models. On the other hand, it is clear commercial
> models are getting used already, e.g. Gemini is in the commit log
> already and Claude is in the mailing list.

I *think* that this was based on the experience[1] Kees had with LLMs, and my
thoughts were that this example would match what a developer were to write if
they were asked to document the usage of tooling.

And yes, we shouldn't mention proprietary brand names in kernel docs, so I
fully agree with Jon and Miguel here. We should however encourage contributors
to list the actual tools/LLMs they used, as this could be interesting down the
road...


[1] https://hachyderm.io/@kees/114907228284590439

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Thanks,
Sasha