alt Hacker NewsI wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing individual drivers and subsystems move over.
The Linux maintainers have been extremely conservative with the Rust introduction but after the endless CVE apocalypse they might be more receptive.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing individual drivers and subsystems move over.
The Linux maintainers have been extremely conservative with the Rust introduction but after the endless CVE apocalypse they might be more receptive.
> I wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing individual drivers and subsystems move over.
Already happening. https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102982/c3a3a2d4f17108c5/ "Removing binder.c" is an article from yesterday, about discarding the old C implementation of the Android Binder driver (used by every single Android phone) in favor of its Rust reimplementation.