Messages in this thread |  | | From | Miguel Ojeda <> | Date | Thu, 9 Jul 2020 22:52:42 +0200 | Subject | Re: Linux kernel in-tree Rust support |
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Hi Nick,
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 8:42 PM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote: > > Hello folks, > I'm working on putting together an LLVM "Micro Conference" for the > upcoming Linux Plumbers Conf > (https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/event/7/page/47-attend). It's not > solidified yet, but I would really like to run a session on support > for Rust "in tree." I suspect we could cover technical aspects of > what that might look like (I have a prototype of that, was trivial to
Agreed, I wrote one ~half a year ago that compiled TUs through rustc mimicking what we do with cc to some degree (i.e. no cargo etc.), and it was quite pleasant.
> wire up KBuild support), but also a larger question of "should we do > this?" or "how might we place limits on where this can be used?"
Indeed, I would say that is going to be the major topic, not so much the technical bits.
> Question to folks explicitly in To:, are you planning on attending plumbers?
I wasn't, but it definitely is an interesting topic that I wouldn't want to miss!
Cheers, Miguel
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