Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:15:41 -0500 From: Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components Message-ID: <a552fa3f-75d2-bfea-fd46-2efbcf9bdec3@metricspace.net> In-Reply-To: <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> References: <201901021829.x02IT4Kc064169@slippy.cwsent.com> <e954a12f-5d23-7a3f-c29b-c93e1250965c@metricspace.net> <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --Oih89Xdy1Za0H3JlUDPJoHSKZ9GyriwwE Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="bHARvenGWW8mgM6cR1dgWpBodPAcvrH73"; protected-headers="v1" From: Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <a552fa3f-75d2-bfea-fd46-2efbcf9bdec3@metricspace.net> Subject: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components References: <201901021829.x02IT4Kc064169@slippy.cwsent.com> <e954a12f-5d23-7a3f-c29b-c93e1250965c@metricspace.net> <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> --bHARvenGWW8mgM6cR1dgWpBodPAcvrH73 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 1/3/19 11:22 AM, Enji Cooper wrote: > Going back to my previous statement, I think writing a service monitor = (to work alongside init and rc) in modern C++/rust would be a good item t= o undertake. >=20 > I=E2=80=99d be willing to do this with someone else, as a research proj= ect/to demo how rust could be used. >=20 > Given prior comments about rust binary sizes and the fact that the defa= ult linking option is mostly static, a =E2=80=9Cmission critical binary=E2= =80=9D like this (or rescue?) would be a good candidate for rust. >=20 Circling back a bit late (I'm swamped right now) to make one final follow-up... I think it would be a useful exercise to try and get a minimal rust-based UEFI boot loader up and going. When I have some more free time (hopefully soon), I might take a swing at it. --bHARvenGWW8mgM6cR1dgWpBodPAcvrH73-- --Oih89Xdy1Za0H3JlUDPJoHSKZ9GyriwwE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQQPGL/SuSPN3pRzpwUI38IpFsHCbAUCXDdFfgAKCRAI38IpFsHC bDF7AQDpppzCC/aG6IrxmdIfLU8DMxLfvESMT2oJVVlMTpJaaAEA0irpo9lhAmua f5ZbdopdV8P7sIIt+LwYE8PN/yfxMQs= =r9fl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Oih89Xdy1Za0H3JlUDPJoHSKZ9GyriwwE--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?a552fa3f-75d2-bfea-fd46-2efbcf9bdec3>