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 ...

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 ...