[HN Gopher] Rust in Linux-Next
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       Rust in Linux-Next
        
       Author : steveklabnik
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2021-03-18 14:12 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | rascul wrote:
       | Some discussion is on Reddit
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       | https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/m7qq7b/rust_in_linuxn...
        
       | fork-bomber wrote:
       | IIUC that patch series implements Rust wrappers to the Linux
       | kernel APIs, perhaps for future device driver development in Rust
       | ?
        
         | roblabla wrote:
         | It:
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         | - integrates rustc into the linux kernel build system
         | 
         | - sets up automated binding generation to allow accessing C
         | Kernel APIs from Rust using bindgen
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         | - Creates idiomatic rust wrappers around some of those
         | bindings, which is meant to be used by device writers.
         | 
         | There's more information in the Rust-for-Linux repo[0] (which
         | is the origin for the linux in rust effort), and in the
         | Documentation/rust[1] folder.
         | 
         | [0] https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux
         | 
         | [1] https://github.com/Rust-for-
         | Linux/linux/tree/rust/Documentat...
        
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