Support conversion of the Linux kernel drivers

[XVilka]

See the discussion on the writing Linux kernel drivers in Rust. Maybe it's time to bring also some automation for easier conversion here? See practical examples on how to write the kernel module in Rust:

• https://github.com/fishinabarrel/linux-kernel-module-rust
• https://github.com/tsgates/rust.ko

[rinon]

Completely agree. We've actually translated a kernel module using Alex's repo as a starting point. Planning to at least write a blog post on how we did this, so others can follow along.

[alex]

That's awesome, I'd love to read your write up of that! If there's anything we could be doing on our side to help with automated translation, let us know!

[marcograss]

any update on this?

[XVilka]

There is a very interesting and relevant message in LKML by Nick Desaulniers:

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
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?"

You might be interested in the upcoming "micro conference" then.