Linus' reply to Christoph <a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/2/20/2066" rel="nofollow">https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/2/20/2066</a><p>> What's next? Saying that particular drivers can't do DMA, because you
don't like that device, and as a DMA maintainer you control who can
use the DMA code? That's _literally_ exactly what you are trying to do with the Rust code.<p>Linus did the right thing eventually and spoke up
I like how this change was done with no excess drama and that Christoph is continuing to stay involved with Linux. This could be a break for the controversy to cool down and the developers to get back to developing.