The disputes over the use of Linux's DMA mapping codes have another consequence: Christoph Hellwig, who started the whole thing with a publicly announced blockade, is stepping down as the maintainer ...

Concerns surfaced last September when Microsoft software engineer Wedson Almeida Filho stepped away from the Rust for Linux ...

Linux founder and main developer Linus Torvalds has finally taken a stand on disputes that have been simmering for two weeks and made them clear: He will override the resistance to the DMA interfaces ...

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were ...