At the 2025 Kernel Maintainers Summit, the Linux kernel community declared the Rust experiment a success after nearly five years. Millions of Android 16 devices now ship with Rust kernel code, the Nova GPU driver and Android binder are merged, and Rust code in the kernel has grown 5x in the past year. The community agreed to drop the "experimental" label, with the DRM subsystem planning to require Rust for new drivers within a year. The kernel will track Debian stable's Rust version, currently moving to 1.85, and both GCC-based Rust compiler projects are progressing well.
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