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title: What's new in v6.9-rc1

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* v6.9 pull request:

    https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240309133817.335439-1-ojeda@kernel.org/

* ARM64 support is merged via ARM64 PR:

    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240313160018.2603344-1-catalin.marinas@arm.com/

* First kselftest for Rust:

    https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fc9ccbf3-6b7d-46d3-a8da-54d5dc78a81c@linuxfoundation.org/


* Rust block device driver API RFC v2 is out

    https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/ZfdhyfLWBIFtKO81@casper.infradead.org/T/#t


* A few "topic branches" have been created/renamed to help collaboration:

    https://rust-for-linux.com/branches#topic-branches

* Memory ordering model discussion:

    https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1067
    https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240322233838.868874-1-boqun.feng@gmail.com/