--- title: "\"I'll Make The Linux Kernel Mailing List Burn\": Prominent LLVM Linux Developer Returns" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ll-make-the-linux-kernel-mailing-list-burn-prominent-llvm-linux-developer-returns-z0aocnqzt source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nick-Desaulniers-LLVM-Linux type: article source: "Phoronix" published: 2026-07-07T10:20:01.630Z updated: 2026-07-07T10:20:19.604Z tags: ["general-programming", "linux"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # "I'll Make The Linux Kernel Mailing List Burn": Prominent LLVM Linux Developer Returns **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nick Desaulniers, a prominent developer behind LLVM/Clang support for the Linux kernel, has returned to Google after a stint at Tesla. He announced his return with a colorful commit message updating his email address, declaring he will make the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) burn. The patch has already been merged into Linux 7.2 Git by Linus Torvalds. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Intel Loses Another Prominent Linux Engineer - Now Going To NVIDIA](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-loses-another-prominent-linux-engineer---now-going-to-nvidia-uceqlmsru) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Yet Another Longtime Linux Driver Maintainer At Intel Has Left](https://daily.dev/posts/yet-another-longtime-linux-driver-maintainer-at-intel-has-left-wulb2swoj) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ll-make-the-linux-kernel-mailing-list-burn-prominent-llvm-linux-developer-returns-z0aocnqzt)