Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-06 Thread Akib Azmain Turja
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi, > > Akib Azmain Turja skribis: > >>> (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!) >>> >>>

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Akib Azmain Turja skribis: >> (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’. >> > > Why "address spaces" is a

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-05 Thread jbranso
bscriberLink/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

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-05 Thread Nathan Dehnel
>BTW, what's the status of Viengoos? The author put it on indefinite hiatus and no one else has the expertise (and/or interest) to continue to work on it.

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-05 Thread Nathan Dehnel
>GNU Mach, which is what the Hurd runs on. Is slower that Linux. There was an attempt to port the Hurd to L4 before. It is deemed not possible by the current hurd developers. This was done with an older L4 (Pistachio, I think) that lacked capabilities in the kernel. Doing it with SEL4 has not

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-05 Thread Akib Azmain Turja
1b90eaee015e >>>> 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 updati

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-05 Thread jbranso
>>> >>> 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

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-05 Thread Akib Azmain Turja
>> 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 pa

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-04 Thread Akib Azmain Turja
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

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-04 Thread jbranso
ng 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 >

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-04 Thread Akib Azmain Turja
>> 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 pa

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-07-04 Thread Ludovic Courtès
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,

Re: Rust in the kernel

2022-06-30 Thread Leo Famulari
On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 12:37:54PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: > Within Guix, we'll need to adapt our kernel build processes in order to > support this. An update on GCC support for Rust: https://lwn.net/Articles/899385/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Rust in the kernel

2022-06-30 Thread Leo Famulari
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. So, interested volunteers should begin organizing :) signature.asc Description: PGP signature