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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by allochthon on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:00PM (#28990206)
I'm new to Rust and am far less along than you are, as evidenced by this project. I noticed that in the few files I spot checked, there aren't many/any tests. Without any context or opinion, I'm curious whether unit and integration testing are hard for a project like this.
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Re:Kerla: Monolithic kernel in Rust, aiming for Linux ABI co... by nuta on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:46PM (#28995475)
Good point. As you say Kerla lacks unit tests I focused on running a SSH server as soon as possible.

IMO, writing and running tests in the kernel space is pretty easy thanks to Rust’s flexible testing feature [1].

[1]: https://os.phil-opp.com/testing/

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