The article reviews the most significant Linux kernel developments in 2025, including increased Rust integration, community decisions on file systems like Bcachefs and Btrfs, hardware support updates, and Linus Torvalds' commentary on kernel policies and architecture proposals, highlighting ongoing innovation and challenges in kernel development.
Linus Torvalds criticized a late submission of RISC-V support patches for Linux, calling the code 'garbage' and emphasizing the importance of timely, high-quality contributions, which delays the inclusion of these patches until Linux 6.18 at the earliest.
Linus Torvalds rejected the RISC-V architecture changes for Linux 6.17 due to late submission and poor code quality, calling some of the proposed code 'garbage' and emphasizing the need for early, high-quality pull requests for the next release, Linux 6.18.