Kernel code removals driven by LLM-created security reports

Linux kernel maintainers are proposing to remove several legacy networking components to reduce the workload from rising LLM-generated security reports. The post names ISA and PCMCIA Ethernet drivers, two PCI drivers, the ax25/amateur-radio subsystem, ATM, and ISDN; one patch says hamradio code has long been a bug and syzbot magnet, with no one stepping up to handle the AI-report influx. The real issue is not LLMs helping cleanup, but unmaintained code collapsing under report volume.

Why it matters: LWN surfaces a real AI externality: maintainers would rather delete dormant kernel networking code than keep triaging LLM-generated security reports. HKR-H is the counterintuitive hook, HKR-K is the named removal list, and HKR-R is maintainer burden plus trust in AI-generated bug