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I personally hope that linux kernel development won’t be constricted by the needs of hardware devs…

• phendrenad2 5y ago
  The problem is, it isn't "needs of hardware devs" vs "rust". The kernel exists to abstract over hardware. Almost everything in the kernel* is written by "hardware devs". So any benefit Rust brings will be FOR the benefit of hardware devs. * - There is some cryptography stuff in the kernel (that probably doesn't need to be in there anyway) and that isn't written by hardware devs I suppose.
• shadowgovt 5y ago
  Isn't a big chunk of a kernel's job providing a standard abstraction for hardware access? I'd assume naively that such a construct would, of necessity, involve the needs of hardware devs.
  • cannabis_sam 5y ago
    Absolutely! I was emphatically not suggesting that the needs of hardware devs should be ignored, just that those needs should not constrict kernel development to the detriment of other concerns.
    • cannabis_sam 5y ago
      (empathetically*)