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My opinion is that Rust community focuses on a new modern kernel, and emulate Linux op top if needed(like Windows does it). In theory you would get a cleaner ar
by simion314 6y ago
My opinion is that Rust community focuses on a new modern kernel, and emulate Linux op top if needed(like Windows does it). In theory you would get a cleaner architecture and cleaner code base, no need to worry about regression and you might finish the task in 10 years. Open source applications could run directly on top of this kernel and Linux closed source apps could run on the emulation/translation layer.
- littlestymaar 6y agoHow about the drivers though… There's already a Rust OS[1] built on top of a brand new Rust kernel, but even if it gets all the traction possible, it won't have proper hardware support before several decades (see the current state of Linux, which is better than ever, but still far from perfect). [1]: https://www.redox-os.org/ https://www.redox-os.org/
- simion314 6y agoYou will get some drivers at most, so maybe you could architect this drivers in such a way you could re-use part of teh code on the alternative kernels. What is missing is someone with big pockets to pay very competent engineers to work on such kernels full time and setup a decent test lab with different hardware. Hobbyist might take a long time to finish the job.