Linux kernel 6.14 has arrived with a plethora of performance-minded improvements in tow, including sizeable frame-rate boosts for many Windows games run on Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/linux-kernel-6-14-released-delivers-big-boosts-to-linux-gaming

#Linux 6.14-rc7 is now available for public testing at https://kernel.org and Linus Torvalds says that "things continue to look quite calm, and I expect to release the final 6.14 next weekend." Happy testing!

#Linux 6.14-rc6 is now available for public testing at https://kernel.org and Linus Torvalds says that "this release remains on track, nothing special to report; the biggest patch here is for the AMD microcode signing snafu." Happy testing!

#Linux 6.13.6, 6.12.18, 6.6.81 and 6.1.130 kernels are now available for download at https://www.kernel.org All users of the 6.6 LTS kernel series must upgrade, EXCEPT i386 systems as the i386 arch is currently broken, please wait for the next release before you upgrade.

#Linux 6.14-rc5 is now available for public testing at https://kernel.org and Linus Torvalds says that "nothing strange stands out, and both the shortlog and diffstat look very regular." Happy testing!

Christoph Hellwig, who recently vetoed dma-mapping #rust bindings, stepped down as maintainer for the dma-mapping[1] and configfs[2] subsystems of the #Linux #kernel.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f7d5db965f3e132887779c6b449452db2b807caa

[2] https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/815291c11acda54515f1af5ce6fe307490de9127

I don’t get the whole #Rust #Linux kernel drama. Could someone help explain it to me?

I don’t really like Rust as much anymore and I don’t really want it in the kernel in my opinion, but I’m not gonna be a dick about it.

Personally, I think it’s better to stick with C since it already works well enough but before I fully form my opinion I just wanna know what’s been going on.

Thanks!

#Linux 6.14-rc4 is now available for public testing at https://kernel.org and Linus Torvalds says that "this continues to be the right kind of "boring" release: nothing in particular stands out in rc4.." Happy testing!

SysV filesystem is being removed from Linux 6.15

In the old Unix days, there was a filesystem that implemented the Xenix FS, Coherent Unix FS, and SystemV/386 FS. It allowed file organization and access that provided the data storage service that allowed applications to access mass storage and its contents, including files and folders.

The ex-maintainer of this filesystem support for Linux systems had orphaned the filesystem maintenance back in 2023 [lore.kernel.org], when the maintainer said that there was no way to test it, with the possible removal slated in the future.

The future has come, and Jan Kara from the SUSE team [git.kernel.org] has pushed a commit to the VFS git that removed all code for the SysV support for Linux, which confirms that, starting from Linux 6.15, you won’t be able to access these legacy filesystems. This is because, back in 2023, Google’s Linux kernel fuzzer, syzkaller [github.com], has automatically reported a bug [lore.kernel.org] in SysV where the sleep function was called from an invalid context.

As nobody is using this filesystem in their Linux installation, it’s safe to remove this filesystem support from the kernel. This only affects computers that have both Linux and a legacy Unix system that uses this antique filesystem installed, but the amount of such computers is very small.

Once Linux 6.15 gets released, you won’t be able to use any partitions that use this filesystem.

https://audiomack.com/aptivi/song/sysv-filesystem-is-being-removed-from-linux-615

Linus replied to Christoph about the Rust for #Linux DMA blockage:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgLbz1Bm8QhmJ4dJGSmTuV5w_R0Gwvg5kHrYr4Ko9dUHQ@mail.gmail.com/

'"Honestly, what you have been doing is basically saying "as a DMA maintainer I control what the DMA code is used for".

And that is not how *any* of this works […]

You are saying that you disagree with Rust - which is fine […]

I respect you technically, and I like working with you.

And no, I am not looking for yes-men, and I like it when you call me out on my bullshit. […]"'