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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by geewee on Monday October 25, 2021 @07:35AM (#28986642)
I don't think that the Linux kernel has decided (yet) to allow rust code into the kernel proper, has it?
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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by fork-bomber on Monday October 25, 2021 @07:43AM (#28986697)
It hasn't. But the attitude towards using Rust for device driver development has now gotten very positive, especially post the recent kernel summit.
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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by ericbarrett on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:38AM (#28987637)
An LWN article about Rust in Linux that's very relevant to this discussion: https://lwn.net/Articles/829858/
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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by pjmlp on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:02AM (#28987289)
Google has decided to go forward anyway.

Just like Android Linux compiles just fine with clang for the last five years or so, it now makes use of Rust.

https://source.android.com/setup/build/rust/building-rust-mo...

If upstream ever cares to support clang or Rust, that is another matter.

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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by jstarks on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:30PM (#28989757)
Unless I'm missing something, that link refers to building Android user-mode components in Rust, not kernel components in Rust.
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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by steveklabnik on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:01PM (#28990216)
That's correct, but it came after them rebuilding the bluetooth stack https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26647981
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