Lokaci-lokaci, Masu haɓaka kernel na Linux muhawara ko haduwa don tattauna wasu batutuwa. Yawancin lokaci ana amfani da wasu NOCs don haɗuwa da fuska, amma sanannen LKMLs suma ana amfani dasu don tattauna wasu bayanai kamar waɗannan.
A wannan lokacin an yi ma'amala da wani takamaiman batun, kuma hakan ne iyakar tsawon layin rubutu a cikin kwayar Linux. Akwai mutanen da suke son layin ɗan lokaci kaɗan don kada su ɓata sararin samaniya, wasu kuma sun fi son gajeren layi don kada su mamaye nisa da yawa. Ya fi dacewa da ɗanɗano ko kusan ado.
Wasu suna tunanin cewa masu saka idanu da kuma ƙudurin allo sun yi girma sosai a cikin 'yan shekarun nan cewa ya kamata a ba da izinin layuka masu tsayi a rubuta su a cikin fayilolin lambar kernel. A zahiri, ɗayan masu haɓaka mai suna Alastair D'Silva yana cikin waɗanda suke tunanin haka, kuma ya sanya facin da ya ba da izinin tsawon 64-baiti maimakon na yanzu 16 ko 32 bytes.
Wasu kamar Petr Mladek bai ji daɗin wannan ba, tunda yana tunanin cewa bytes 64 yana nufin samun sama da haruffa 256 na kowane layi, kuma yana shakkar cewa kowane dan adam zai samu sauki karanta irin wannan dogon layi a hanya mai sauki, kuma hakanan kuma allon fuska ya zama dole domin daidaita irin wannan Lines ya kamata ya zama ya fi na daidaitattun HD, kuma tabbas har yanzu akwai masu haɓakawa tare da nuni na zamani a waɗannan shawarwarin.
Da alama akwai 'yar damar hakan facin da Alastair ya rubuta ya zama a hukumance yana cikin kernel na Linux. Bugu da kari, mun san cewa Linus Torvalds ya kasance mai tsauri game da rashin fifita wasu masu haɓakawa akan wasu kuma tabbatar da cewa masu haɓaka zasu iya aiki koda da kayan aiki ne masu ƙasƙanci, tsofaffin kayan aiki da ƙananan farashi. A zahiri, tsayin layuka ba sabon abu bane, an riga an rufe shi a baya. Linus da kansa yayi magana game da tsayi lokacin da yake magana akan magana daga haruffa 80 zuwa 100, kuma ya gwammace ya kiyaye 80 a wancan lokacin (shekaru 7 da suka gabata).