林纳斯·托瓦兹发布了Linux内核7.4版本的首个候选版本，并表示该项目已找到一种“更健康的模式”来使用AI。
Linus Torvalds has posted the first release candidate for version 7.4 of the Linux kernel and offered his opinion that the project has found a “much healthier model” for using AI.
“这是一个大合并窗口，”他在每周内核状态更新中写道，因为其中包含近20,000个提交，而开发者为新版内核提交的通常约为15,000个。
“This is a BIG merge window,” he wrote in his weekly state of the kernel update, as it contains almost 20,000 commits compared to the usual ~15,000 that developers submit for a new cut of the kernel.
“我认为原因是现在显而易见的那个，但我实际上将其视为一个好迹象：我更喜欢涌入合并窗口的AI触发的工作，而不是它主要在-rc阶段表现为额外的修复。”
“I think the reason is the by now obvious one, but I'm actually taking it as a good sign: I'm much happier with the flood of AI triggered work going into the merge window than it showing up mainly as extra fixes during the -rc period.”
他因此希望，异常大量的提交“是AI修复正在成为‘正常开发’的一部分，而不是涌入整个稳定阶段的修复洪流的迹象。”
He therefore hopes that the unusually large number of commits “is a sign that the AI fixes are becoming more part of the ‘normal development’ than a flood of fixes that go into the whole stabilization phase.”
“我认为这是一个更健康的模式，”他补充道，随后又补充说，“人们期望7.4将是下一个LTS[长期支持]版本，这是一些版本比其他版本更大的另一个独立原因。”“所以可能不仅仅是AI补丁的洪流。”
“I think that's a much healthier model,” he added, before hedging with the observation that “people are expecting 7.4 to be the next LTS [long-term support] release, which is another independent reason why some releases tend larger than others.”“So it may not just be the flood of AI patches.”
托瓦兹似乎也不完全相信所有AI提交都完全有帮助，他将此版本描述为“大，并且充满了AI发现的问题的修复（而且越来越多的补丁是由AI建议的，尽管它们通常会被重写）。”AMD GPU偏移量和位掩码占此次变更的三分之一。“我们以前也遇到过，我相信未来还会多次遇到，”托瓦兹写道。“就忽略噪音吧。”
Torvalds also seems not to be completely convinced that all AI submissions are entirely helpful, by describing this release as “Large, and full of fixes for issues found by AI (and more and more the patches have been suggested by AI too, although they often get rewritten).”AMD GPU offsets and bit masks make up a third of the changes this time around. “We've been here before, and I'm sure we'll see it many times again in the future,” Torvalds wrote. “Just ignore the noise.”
内核观察者Phoronix将Linux 7.4的主要新增内容评为对AMD、Apple和Google处理器的改进支持。
The kernel-watchers at Phoronix rate the major inclusions in Linux 7.4 as improved support for processors from AMD, Apple, and Google.
其他新增内容包括一些改进虚拟机安全性的实用调整、对Raspberry Pi 10英寸显示器的支持，以及更多让Linux在高通骁龙X2 SoC PC上运行良好的工作。®
Other additions include some handy tweaks to improve security for virtual machines, support for the Raspberry Pi 10-inch monitor and more work to get Linux running happily on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 SoC for PCs. ®