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> not everyone is working on a device that needs to be secure. And those drivers can continue to be written in C. Rust is merely an option.
by msbarnett 5y ago
> not everyone is working on a device that needs to be secure.
And those drivers can continue to be written in C. Rust is merely an option.
- b20000 5y agoi need to be able to read and understand any driver’s source code without having to learn rust.
- dagmx 5y agoSo the whole kernel should be beholden to you as the minimum viable target then? I hope you realize how self centered that outlook is.
- msbarnett 5y agoThe rubric for decision making in Linux kernel driver development is not "what HN user b20000 thinks they need", as far as I am aware.
- b20000 5y agothis is not about me. it is about keeping the kernel tree reasonably accessible for small startups and device creators who do not have the funding of FAANGs and cannot afford to take on more complexity on top of something that is already very complex.