this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2024
95 points (92.0% liked)

Linux

4962 readers
318 users here now

A community for everything relating to the linux operating system

Also check out !linux_memes@programming.dev

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Ategon@programming.dev
anzo@programming.dev
dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev
95
Asterinas: a rust kernel with a linux ABI (asterinas.github.io)
submitted 1 week ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Linux maintainers are unwilling to get rust into the kernel, so some rust folks decided to start writing a new kernel with same ABI. This allows them to make new architectural decisions. An example being their "frame kernel" (something between a monolithic kernel and a microkernel).

If I may say, it's more legible and the tooling is way better, right off the bat.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] mmstick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The Linux kernel already allows proprietary modules via DKMS, and a handful of vendors have been using this for decades, so this is no different. Case in point: NVIDIA driver, and Android vendor drivers.