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Asterinas: OS kernel written in Rust and providing Linux-compatible ABI

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364 points Klasiaster | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 12:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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delduca ◴[16 Oct 24 16:26 UTC] No.41860986[source]▶
This is exactly what I was discussing with a friend who works on the kernel. I don’t think Rust should be supported; the kernel should remain in C. Instead, a completely new kernel in Rust should be created with API/ABI compatibility with the original kernel.
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1. apatheticonion ◴[18 Oct 24 03:19 UTC] No.41876079[source]▶
Shame about the lack of a stable kernel driver ABI/API in Linux otherwise this kernel could inherent a lot of drivers.