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More Rust Code Is Coming For Linux 6.14 Along With Hitting Another "Major Milestone"


For the Linux 6.13 cycle the Rust code was hitting a 'tipping point' with more Rust kernel drivers expected soon

For this next kernel version the Rust developers have finished their migration to custom FFI integer types that were started for Linux 6.13and began making use of derive(CoercePointee) with Rust 1.84 and newer. The derive(CoercePointee) support is considered a "major milestone" on the path to building the Linux kernel only making use of stable Rust features. This is a major milestone on the path to build the kernel using only stable Rust features.

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