Ubuntu Talks Up Rust Kernel Programming Potential With Ubuntu 23.04

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu Talks Up Rust Kernel Programming Potential With Ubuntu 23.04

Ubuntu 23.04 is being talked up for how it can aide developers that want to begin programming with Rust code for Linux kernel modules. It's possible to get started with Rust kernel development on Ubuntu 23.04 thanks to its generic kernel having the necessary kernel configuration, but ultimately it's still in an early state and there isn't much to do with the stock kernel...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-23.04-Rust-Linux-Kernel

[bachchain]

Discord needs to fix their code parser

[woddy]

I already see fleets of kernel developers using Ubuntu.

[loganj]

no offense Michael but they actually advertise Ubuntu using Rust Kernel Programming and Michael just did and advertise to ubuntu

[darkonix]

It would be really interesting to hear from tradicional Linux module developers that try the Rust support for some time and share their experience.

[theuserbl]

As I already wrote at

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/site-discussion/1380961-new-amd-ryzen-cpus-intel-sapphire-rapids-rust-adoption-more-in-q1#post1380975

I would prefer Zig over Rust.

With Rust the Linux kernel will become fat and slow.
And it will be lesser secure then with Zig.

[RejectModernity]

As I already wrote at

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/site-discussion/1380961-new-amd-ryzen-cpus-intel-sapphire-rapids-rust-adoption-more-in-q1#post1380975

I would prefer Zig over Rust.

With Rust the Linux kernel will become fat and slow.
And it will be lesser secure then with Zig.

There are plenty of Rust developers and how many are there Zig devs? One? If Zig receives some hype and people get interested in it sure why not, but don't bring dead languages into the kernel. It costs a lot of manpower to support with zero outcome.

[Steffo]

As I already wrote at

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/site-discussion/1380961-new-amd-ryzen-cpus-intel-sapphire-rapids-rust-adoption-more-in-q1#post1380975

I would prefer Zig over Rust.

With Rust the Linux kernel will become fat and slow.
And it will be lesser secure then with Zig.

Is this a 1. April joke?! Nothing in Rust is fat or slow and above all not insecure. Zig might be fast, but there are no security checks at compile time like in Rust!

[bachchain]

I would prefer Zig over Rust.

With Rust the Linux kernel will become fat and slow.
And it will be lesser secure then with Zig.

Zig has managed to do something truly unique. It has convinced me that JavaScript actually has pretty decent syntax in comparison. It's truly astounding that someone, presumably with some amount of experience, looked at C and came to the conclusion that

const std = @import("std");

pub fn main() !void
{
const stdout = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
try stdout.print("Hello, {s}!\n", .{"world"});
}

was an improvement

[ehansin]

Strange question maybe, but does anyone know what the monospaced font is in the code image in the posting? Looks nice, have issues with some of them out there.