--- title: "Next Bcachefs Release Aims To Include Rust Code In The Kernel Module" url: https://daily.dev/posts/next-bcachefs-release-aims-to-include-rust-code-in-the-kernel-module-egpimmbza source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-1.38.7-Rust-Kernel type: article source: "Phoronix" published: 2026-06-29T19:41:27.562Z updated: 2026-06-29T19:41:50.735Z tags: ["linux", "rust", "bcachefs"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Next Bcachefs Release Aims To Include Rust Code In The Kernel Module **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bcachefs lead developer Kent Overstreet has announced plans for Bcachefs 1.38.7 to be the first release incorporating Rust code directly into the in-kernel Bcachefs module. Initially it will be a soft dependency. A key challenge is that DKMS builds with Rust are impractical for most users because the installed Rustc version must match the one used to compile the kernel, Rust lacks a stable ABI, and matching stdlib sources plus bindgen CLI must also be present. As a result, Bcachefs plans to shift toward standard distribution binary packages for kernel modules rather than DKMS builds — a challenge shared by any out-of-tree Rust kernel module project. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#bcachefs](https://daily.dev/tags/bcachefs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/next-bcachefs-release-aims-to-include-rust-code-in-the-kernel-module-egpimmbza)