Linux May Drop Old Network Drivers Now That AI-Driven Bug Reports Are Causing A Burden
Summary
Phoronix reports that Linux developers are considering dropping legacy ISA/PCMCIA network drivers due to AI-driven bug reports and fuzzing increasing maintenance workload, especially for hardware with likely few or no users. A patch series led by Andrew Lunn would remove several old drivers, reducing kernel size and AI noise, but potentially impacting legacy hardware support. The piece highlights the tension between AI-assisted debugging and open-source hardware maintenance.