Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi! > > Leo Famulari skribis: > >> The effort to use the Rust programming language within the Linux kernel >> is progressing and may be realized in the next few months: >> >> https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/899182/6c831b90eaee015e/ >> https://www.memorysafety.org/blog/memory-safety-in-linux-kernel/ >> >> Within Guix, we'll need to adapt our kernel build processes in order to >> support this. >> >> Although I help with updating and configuring the kernel builds, I won't >> be able to participate in the "Rust in the kernel" effort for Guix. > > Understood… > >> So, interested volunteers should begin organizing :) > > Yup! > > Now, concretely, how long will it take before key parts of the kernel > are written in Rust? Hopefully a long time, no? Per the article above, > it’s starting small, with Rust usage in well-defined locations. > > This is not to say that we shouldn’t start organizing, but rather that > we still have a bit of time ahead. > > (During that time, interested readers can also take a stab at improving > support for the Hurd, which relies on that revolutionary technology > called “address spaces” to ensure Memory Safety™ among other things!) > > Ludo’. > "Address spaces"! What's that? Sorry for asking without searching the internet first, but the Hurd designers are so creative that a few understand the concepts and join the community, so there is a little chance (if any) that I'll find any useful information on that. -- Akib Azmain Turja This message is signed by me with my GnuPG key. It's fingerprint is: 7001 8CE5 819F 17A3 BBA6 66AF E74F 0EFA 922A E7F5