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by samatman 5 hours ago
I don't care if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

Translation: if this nails-on-chalkboard LLM spew identifies a kernel bug, which is then patched, its aesthetic qualities do not interest me in the slightest.

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Unfortunately, the kernel bug would need to be understood to be patched, and the developed patch itself would need to be reviewed before being accepted, which seems... very hard, to put it mildly, using the nails-on-chalkboard LLM spew report.
At least it is a report. It says hey, there's a bug vaguely like this in this general area. Not too dissimilar from the average user report.
Yes, the word 'if' was in that sentence.

The only people who have a need to judge the quality of the report (not aesthetically, I mean) are those few who know enough about the subsystems of the kernel it implicates to do something about it.

My point: does it lead to a bugfix? Good. No? Bad.

Do you have an answer to that question? I believe it's a bit early, no?