Linux 6.13 Hits A "Tipping Point" With More Rust Drivers Expected Soon (www.phoronix.com)

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addition to the USB updates and big staging flush merged yesterday for the Linux 6.13 kernel merge window, the "char/misc" pull was also honored for that catch-all of various kernel changes. With the char/misc pull there are some notable additions for those wanting to write kernel drivers within the Rust programming language.

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[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago

Yeah I’m probably thinking of that one, and how it made the lead developer of the Rust in Linux project retire (because of ”nontechnical nonsense”)

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