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Generate kernel API bindings using rust-bindgen #17

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alexander255 commented Mar 27, 2016

+Documentation on why this is a very good idea (read it if you want to know more)

alexander255 added some commits Mar 23, 2016

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Properly fix the `_Unwind_Resume` issue
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Reflect fact that we always need *the latest nightly* in README
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Strip all unused symbols from the intermediate (build-phase) object file 
Improve formatting in kbuild.mk somewhat
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Add tiny std library and auto-generate the kernel header bindings use… 
…d by it

This requires building rust-bindgen (and it's dependency syntex-syntax) for
generating kernel headers on the fly. While this is pretty slow for the initial
build, it is unfortunately necessary to make use of the kernel's API stability
guarantees (or rather missing guarantees):
Kernel data structure field members and ordering can change between minor
versions or even when enabling/disabling kernel configuration parameters with
the exact same kernel code base. Writing meaningful, stable ABI bindings isn't
really feasable under these conditions.
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Drop shipped macros, functions and types in favor of interfaces expos… 
…ed by linux-std
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Trigger rebuild of linux-std every time the target kernel version, he… 
…aders or compile flags change
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Add documentation on kernel API/ABI stability and initial compilation… 
… times
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Document all command-line switched used by `make` and drop the *File … 
…size* section (as it thankfully does not apply anymore)
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@tsgates tsgates merged commit 94040a5 into tsgates:master Mar 28, 2016

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